THIS WEEK: Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

THE WORLD IS ENDING! Again. Doomsdayers and apocalyptic prophets have warned of coming calamity for millennia. Still,  humanity persists. Today’s challenges – staggering economic and social inequality, threat of nuclear annihilation, climate change  – while overwhelming and seemingly insurmountable, are not unprecedented. What can we learn from past catastrophes? How can we best prepare for future peril? What might the end of the world actually look like?! This book club explores literary world endings. 

This program is free and open to the public and is graciously hosted in partnership with the Stanley Museum of Art.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

Wednesday, March 25 Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 1 Katharine Burdekin, Swastika Night

Wednesday, April 8 Mary Shelley, The Last Man

Wednesday, April 15 Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World

Wednesday, April 22, Nostradamus, The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus