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CLASSES at Politics and Prose: Our in-person classes are limited. 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: Please check the individual book group webpages for online meeting information. For direct inquires please email: bookgroups@politics-prose.com

TRIPS: For day trips, please check listings. Overseas trips info is forthcoming for 2024.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Tolkien and the Battle of Maldon (2377)

Join scholar Peter Grybauskas in exploring how an English defeat against Vikings in August 991 inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s scholarship, his only published play, and even some aspects of The Lord of the Rings. Three Sundays: December 3, 10, 17 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Willa Cather and the American Frontier (2415)

Join author Garrett Peck to explore how Willa Cather, one of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists, wrote about the pioneers of the American frontier. Three Fridays: January 5, 12, 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Lord Peter Wimsey, the Aristocratic Detective (2437)

Dorothy Sayers was one of the Queens of Crime Writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction in the 1920s–30s, and Lord Peter Wimsey was her aristocratic great detective. Join us to discuss three of Sayers’ Wimsey novels: Clouds of Witness, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, and Murder Must Advertise. Three Thursdays: January 11, 18, and 25 from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET Online

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Next Book Group Meetings

Evening Fiction

December 5, 7:00 pm

Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image

Women's Biography

December 11, 7:30 pm

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir By Michelle Zauner Cover Image

Lez Read

December 13, 7:30 pm

All This Could Be Different: A Novel By Sarah Thankam Mathews Cover Image

Fascinating History

December 19, 7:00 pm

Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention By Mary Sarah Bilder Cover Image

Daytime

December 20, 12:30 pm

Ms. Demeanor: A Novel By Elinor Lipman Cover Image

Fascinating History

December 21, 7:00 pm

Travel with Politics & Prose

P&P Trip Winterthur Estate In Bloom 2024

DATE: Saturday, March 16, 2024, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please email classes@politics-prose.com with any questions.

Flowers and trees

This spring, Politics and Prose invites you to visit the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. We will visit the gardens and learn about the plants from guides along the way. DATE: Saturday, March 16, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please email classes@politics-prose.com with any questions.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Tolkien and the Battle of Maldon (2377)

ONLINE CLASS: Willa Cather and the American Frontier (2415)

ONLINE CLASS: Lord Peter Wimsey, the Aristocratic Detective (2437)

Next Book Group Meetings

Evening Fiction

Women's Biography

Lez Read

Fascinating History

Daytime

Fascinating History

Travel with Politics & Prose

P&P Trip Winterthur Estate In Bloom 2024