About us
The Reading Commons hosts small discussion groups built around carefully chosen essays and long-form journalism.
We read one excellent article each week and discuss it with curiosity, intellectual honesty, and respect.
Our first series is a weekly reading group built around The Atlantic. No expertise required—just curiosity and a willingness to read and investigate ideas together.
No need to have your own subscription to The Atlantic: I will provide a link to the article in the event listing.
Upcoming events
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Reading The Atlantic: August 2026 "The Age of Reading is Over"
TBD, 4521 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN, USFor the month of August we will kick off the group by discussing the cover story from the August issue. Perhaps appropriately the article is entitled "The Age of Reading is Over" (the online edition has a somewhat different name for the Internet: "The End of Reading Is Here").
I will share links to the digital copy of each week's article. I also have limited license from the Atlantic to reprint and share copies for the purposes of our group. I also encourage you to support The Atlantic and by getting a subscription.
Please reach out to me if you need assistance getting "The Age of Reading is Over". Note: the webpage for the digital edition also has an audio version available.
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The Atlantic is perhaps America's most important journal. For nearly 170 years it has traced the cultural and political trajectory of the United States printing articles from W.E.B Dubois and Mark Twain through Virginia Woolf and Kurt Vonnegut to Ta-Nehisi Coates and David Brooks.
The Atlantic is opinionated, but unlike other long-running publications such as The Nation or National Review, it is not partisan. The heart of the publication has always honest conversation. Its pages wrestle with who are as a nation and a people and where we are going.
1 attendee
Reading The Atlantic: August 2026 "What AI Will Do to Art"
Location not specified yetFor our second August meeting we will read the article "What AI Will Do to Art" which makes the claim "the future doesn't have to belong to slop."
I will share links to the digital copy of each week's article. I also have limited license from the Atlantic to reprint and share copies for the purposes of our group. I also encourage you to support The Atlantic by getting your own subscription.
Please reach out to me if you need assistance getting a copy of "What AI Will Do to Art".
Note: the webpage for the digital edition also has an audio version available.
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The Atlantic is perhaps America's most important journal. For nearly 170 years it has traced the cultural and political trajectory of the United States printing articles from W.E.B Dubois and Mark Twain through Virginia Woolf and Kurt Vonnegut to Ta-Nehisi Coates and David Brooks.
The Atlantic is opinionated, but unlike other long-running publications such as The Nation or National Review, it is not partisan. The heart of the publication has always honest, informed conversation. Its pages wrestle with who are as a nation and a people and where we are going.
3 attendees
