Posts by Daniel Gueorguiev

Perhaps best known for his novels, he is also a poet, playwright, essayist, and has written several collections of short stories.

The Harlem Renaissance was an impulse, an answer, an identity movement, and a transformational revelation. It created a serious body of literature and poetry, and produced remarkable music and works of art. Two of its luminaries, Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, made significant contributions to literature and influenced generations of Black writers.

At the time of its publishing, 'The Decameron' caused a "revolution" with its bold content and unusual interpretation of themes.

The small, Greek island of Corfu had an outsized influence on the work of these two literary brothers.

The group meets at 2:30pm.  Here's our Book Discussion list of titles and dates for 2010-2011:

September 17, 2010 The Awakening Kate Chopin

October 22, 2010 Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse

November 19, 2010 Notes from the Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky

December 10, 2010

If not, check out some of these titles: A Short History of Nearly Everything, The Lost Continent: Travels in