About us
This is a reimagination of Libations and Literature – Fort Lauderdale. In order to make our book club public, I need to start a new group. This club will be in lockstep with the Fort Lauderdale group. Same books, same meeting places, etc. My objective is to migrate our great members to this new site.
We are aficionados of amazing literature and meaningful storytelling. We want the opportunity to expose ourselves and others to some of the greatest literary works from the past and present (and future if we can get our hands on any of those). While reading can be a lonely activity, talking about books shouldn't be, and we want our meetings to be social and entertaining.
What We Will Be Reading
The primary purpose of this group is to read high-quality, interesting literary works. That doesn't mean that our selections will be limited to Proust and Camus—maybe once in a while—but we are not a "beach book club." We will be reading an eclectic selection of books from various genres, generations, and points of origin. The mostly fictional works that we'll be selecting will be 300-400 pages in length to make them manageable and will be selected because we believe that they'll be interesting and entertaining for our members. The book selections will be posted months in advance for members who want to read ahead. Eventually, we will open the selection process up to the group, but the first several selections will be chosen by the organizers.
Where We Will Meet
TBA but we will always choose a location that's conducive to our discussions and serves some form of libation. It will always be somewhere in Fort Lauderdale or nearby.
How Often We Will Meet
We will meet once a month unless a larger book is selected, in which case, we will extend the time.
Upcoming events
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Discuss "The Odyssey" by Homer
Union Kitchen & Bar, 2309 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, FL, USThis is the overwhelming pick for the September 1 book club. Look out for a movie meetup announcement.
Homer's Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predominantly known for its tragic and serious themes, the Homeric poems also contain instances of comedy and laughter.
Homer's epic poems shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture and education, fostering ideals of heroism, glory, and honor. To Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" (τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν). In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Virgil refers to Homer as "Poet sovereign", king of all poets; in the preface to his translation of the Iliad, Alexander Pope acknowledges that Homer has always been considered the "greatest of poets". From antiquity to the present day, Homeric epics have inspired many famous works of literature, music, art, and film.
The question of by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed continues to be debated. Scholars remain divided as to whether the two works are the product of a single author. It is thought that the poems were composed at some point around the late eighth or early seventh century BC. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity; the most widespread account was that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary.Approximately 100,000 words.
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