Wednesday, November 22, 2023

A 28-year slog

Patrick Flynn kindly brought this recent Guardian article to my attention: "It never ends: the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake." Its founder, Gerry Fialka, describes the club, based in Venice, California, this way: "more a performance art piece than a book club ... a living organism, a hootenanny ... a choir." Speaking as a choir director myself, I know exactly what he means with that final metaphor--and I think it applies to at least some of our own discussions, too.  😀


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