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Upcoming Literature Events

Event—Literature

Agatha Christie's Very Bad Year (FULL)

Taught by Barbara Lanctot

Weekly on Thursdays, Sep 24–Oct 08, 2026

2:00pm–3:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Shakespeare’s Henriad in Film

Taught by Andrew J. Roback

Weekly on Thursdays, Sep 24–Oct 29, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Literature

Chekhov's Plays

Taught by Julia Kriventsova Denne

Weekly on Saturdays, Sep 26–Nov 21, 2026

10:00am–12:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

LM Montgomery and the Alpine Path: Novels of Art and Becoming

Taught by Dawn Sardella-Ayres

Weekly on Saturdays, Sep 26–Nov 14, 2026

12:00pm–2:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

Munich under National Socialism

Taught by Pamela L. Caughie

Weekly on Tuesdays, Sep 29–Oct 27, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Edith Wharton Novels (FULL)

Taught by Linda Levine

Weekly on Thursdays, Oct 01–Nov 05, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Writing War: Two Outstanding World War I Novels and Selected Poems

Taught by Joseph Heininger

Weekly on Thursdays, Oct 01–Nov 05, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Literature

Witches in Contemporary Literature

Taught by Alix Anne E Shaw

Weekly on Tuesdays, Oct 06–Nov 17, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Literature

Gothic Beginnings: Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill House, and The Castle of Otranto

Taught by Katrina Kemble

Weekly on Thursdays, Oct 08–Oct 29, 2026

5:30pm–7:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

The Long History of the Yiddish Short Story

Taught by Samuel Page

Weekly on Thursdays, Oct 08–Nov 12, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Literature

Sophocles in Chicago

Taught by Sophia Elzie

Weekly on Wednesdays, Oct 14–Nov 18, 2026

5:30pm–7:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

The Golden Age of Mystery Fiction: Soft-Boiled and Hard-Boiled (FULL)

Taught by Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch

Weekly on Wednesdays, Oct 14–Nov 11, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online