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  JOAN DIDION: "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Essays & wine
  • Sun Feb 26
    5:45 PM
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  1323 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC (map)

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  Next up, the inimitable Joan Didion. We will be reading selections from Slouching Towards Bethlehem. It's been years since I picked up this book of essays (and I'm so excited to return), so here's some random selections from the work. Feel free to read as many as you like. + "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" + "Goodbye to All That" + "On... Learn more

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  JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE: "A Confederacy of Dunces": Wine & southern comedy
  • Sun Mar 11
    5:45 PM
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  The Dupont Circle Reading Railroad has decided to read a longer work every 6 weeks (or every 3rd meeting). Six weeks from now, on March 11, we will read A Confederacy of... Learn more

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  DAVID FOSTER WALLACE: "Infinite Jest". Alcohol included
  • Sun Jun 17
    5:45 PM
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  THIS MEETUP IS SCHEDULED FOR 6 MONTHS FROM NOW. 70% of readers in our most recent poll said they'd be interested in an event devoted to David Foster Wallace's Infinite... Learn more

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Recent Meetups

• February 12 at 5:45 PM, 17 Readers attended

  VLADIMIR NABOKOV: "Pale Fire" with wine, poetry and murder(?)
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  They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings)

  Bring a bottle of wine (or drink the wine that we provide in copious amounts). This week we will be reading Pale Fire by Nabokov. It's a 999-line poem in 4 cantos,... Learn more

• January 29 at 5:45 PM, 22 Readers attended

  FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY: "Notes from the Underground" Literature & Drinking
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  An incredibly intelligent group who participate concisely, thoughtfully, and often. ...

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  Our conversations about Notes From Underground were lucid, and best of all highly cerebral. ...

  —Lisa

• January 8 at 5:45 PM, 13 Readers attended

  HARUKI MURAKAMI: 1Q84 -- Drink wine and discuss a recent novel!
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  The Reading Railroad closes down for the holidays, BUT THEN RETURNS IN SPLENDOR AND MAGNIFICENCE. Spend your winter break reading Murakami's latest novel 1Q84. It's... Learn more

• December 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM, 15 Readers attended

  FLANNERY O'CONNOR: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Literature & Wine!
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  They rated it 5.004 (4 ratings)

  THE LAST READING RAILROAD OF THE YEAR. Bring a bottle of wine (or drink the wine that we provide in copious amounts), and enjoy conversation and company. This week, we... Learn more

• December 4, 2011 at 5:30 PM, 17 Readers attended

  ERNEST HEMINGWAY: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" -- Read short stories & drink wine
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  They rated it 5.004 (4 ratings)

  Hello people, We'll be taking a week off for Thanksgiving and then reconvening in full-force for a discussion of Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." It's a... Learn more