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CLASSES at Politics and Prose: Our in-person classes are postponed. Classes are being offered online. Please see the Classes webpage for listings. All class times are Eastern Time. For direct class inquires please email: classes@politics-prose.com

All classes are subject to cancellation due to an insufficient number of sign-ups or if the instructor has a personal emergency.

BOOK GROUPS: All in-person book group meetings are suspended. Please check the individual book group webpages for online meeting information. For direct inquires please email: bookgroups@politics-prose.com

TRIPS: Outdoor day trips have resumed. Check listings. Overseas trips info is forthcoming for 2023.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Federico Garcia Lorca, Poet, Hero, Guide (2340)

Federico Garcia Lorca inspired poets, professionals and ordinary people. He had an impeccable ear, and a prodigious memory, and he used these to write indelible plays, poems, essays and letters. In this course we will read Lorca as if we were students in his workshop, learning his techniques and absorbing his wonder before the Sun and the Moon, stars and rivers. Four Wednesdays: April 12, 19, 26, May 3, from 6 to 8:00 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Langston Hughes (2325)

In addition to writing poetry, autobiography, and fiction, Langston Hughes penned several plays, song lyrics, and librettos. This class will provide you with a more in depth understanding of Hughes the writer and man, and how he sustained a career that spanned more than forty years. Four Saturdays: April 8, 15, 22, and 29, from noon to 2:00 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Editing and Revising Essays Like a Pro (2332)

Focusing on narrative structure and creative storytelling techniques, this workshop will help writers revise and polish their personal essay drafts. Four Wednesdays: April 12, 19, 26, May 3, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET Online

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Next Book Group Meetings

Classics

April 3, 7:30 pm

Chronicles By Jean Froissart, Geoffrey Brereton (Translated by), Geoffrey Brereton (Introduction by) Cover Image

Romance

April 9, 6:00 pm

Only Bad Options By Jennifer Estep Cover Image

Women's Biography

April 10, 7:30 pm

Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood By Qian Julie Wang Cover Image

Lez Read

April 12, 7:30 pm

This Is How You Lose the Time War By Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Cover Image

Daytime

April 19, 12:30 pm

The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City By Anna Sherman Cover Image

Public Affairs

April 24, 7:00 pm

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth By Rachel Maddow Cover Image

Travel with Politics & Prose

Forest Bathing Walk with Author Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Friday, April 28th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

SOLD OUT Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and A Year in Rock Creek Park, for a spring forest bathing walk through the enchanting Tregaron Conservancy, a woodland garden tucked away in the midst of northwest Washington that has been restored and stewarded by a non-profit organization since 2006.

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P&P Day Trip to Monticello

Saturday, May 20th from 7:30am to 7:00pm Eastern Time

Join Politics & Prose on a 2.5 hour private guided and interactive tour with a focus on slavery and its legacies at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home.

We’ll begin on the mountaintop with an exploration of the first floor of the house, surrounding grounds and Mulberry Row through the perspectives of enslaved people who lived and worked there.

Afterwards, we’ll visit the Burial Ground for Enslaved People, and participate in a facilitated dialogue on race and the role of slavery in the United States.

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P&P TRIP FALLINGWATER SUMMER 2023

Saturday, June 24th 2023, 8 am to 8 pm.

This summer, join Politics and Prose's perennial favorite: the wonder of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater! We are leading a trip to the wooded area of western Pennsylvania where you can enjoy the verdant summer surroundings and explore the house known worldwide as a resonant feat of architectural achievement and a UNESCO World Heritage site! Saturday, June 24th 2023, 8 am to 8 pm.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Federico Garcia Lorca, Poet, Hero, Guide (2340)

ONLINE CLASS: Langston Hughes (2325)

ONLINE CLASS: Editing and Revising Essays Like a Pro (2332)

Next Book Group Meetings

Classics

Romance

Women's Biography

Lez Read

Daytime

Public Affairs

Travel with Politics & Prose

Forest Bathing Walk with Author Melanie Choukas-Bradley

P&P Day Trip to Monticello

P&P TRIP FALLINGWATER SUMMER 2023