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Over six sessions, academics and writers Sita Balani and Bryony White lead a series of close readings and discussions centred on key texts in contemporary literature and culture. It’s advisable, but not mandatory, to have read the texts prior to the session. Participants are encouraged to share thoughts and feelings.
Recommended reading and viewing:
Jennifer Banash, ‘Delivered’, LA Review of Books, July 27 2022 Read
Rethinking Infidelity: Skye C. Cleary Interviews Esther Perel Read
The Affair, Season 1, Episodes 1 and 8 (Season 1 of The Affair is available on NowTV which offers a seven-day free trial)
Content note: There are references to sexual violence in ‘Delivered’ and in Episode 1 of The Affair.
Previous reading groups:
Bryony White is a writer and is currently Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance studies at the University of Warwick. She has published in LA Review of Books, Elephant, frieze, TLS and The White Review.
Sita Balani is a writer and teacher living in London. She is the co-author of Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State (Pluto Books, 2021). Her book Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race is forthcoming with Verso in 2023. She has published in Open Democracy, Vice, Novara Media, Five Dials and The White Review.
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