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Posts tagged "Book-of-the-Month Club"

Some with Bicycles, Some Without: The Women of the Rumpus

Women of color, lesbian women, straight women, youthful women, mature women, and even possibly crazy women are included in this first volume. Some of the women take off their clothes and some commit suicide; others refuse to do either. At times the diversity can seem contrived, but for the most part, this is a solid...

Summer of Shakespeare

Xenith goes old school for the summer with three plays by Shakespeare.

Book for February – The Name of the Rose

For February, we investigate what The DaVinci Code should have been: a real book.

The Dead – Excerpts

Just a few excerpts from "The Dead" to perhaps stir your interest.

Book for January: James Joyce – The Dead

For January, Xenith aims to discuss James Joyce's most well-known short story.

Xenith Book Club Goes Incestual

For September, Xenith delves within its own skin to satisfy its literary lust. Not for the light of heart!

Xenith Book Club: The Waste Land

Xenith makes a valiant attempt to discuss T. S. Eliot's masterpiece.

Xenith Book Club: May Discussion Questions

Contains discussion questions for May's book of the month: Autobiography of Red.

Xenith Book Club: May

Hello, kittens. I’m announcing this eleven days in advance to give you fair warning. For May I have chosen the lovely and delightful Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson: a novel in verse. From the back of the book: Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of...