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Until otherwise noted, all discussions will take place from 7:00 \u2013 9:00 pm<\/strong> via virtual Zoom session<\/strong>. Please contact Max Yela <\/strong>(maxyela@uwm.edu<\/a>) for more information on how to attend the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2<\/em>5
F. Scott Fitzgerald <\/strong>
Great Gatsby<\/a><\/em>, Chapters 1-4<\/a>. (1925)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 3<\/em>0
Richard Feynman<\/strong>
“Surely, You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!<\/a>“
“A Map of the Cat?<\/a>“
“O, Americano, Outra Vez!<\/a>” 
“Safecracker Meets Safecracker<\/a>” (1985)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2<\/em>7
Petronius<\/strong>
Satyricon<\/a><\/em>, Volumes 1 & 2<\/a>. (early 1st century CE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2<\/em>4
Hannah Arendt<\/strong>
The Human Condition<\/a><\/em>, Prologue and Chapter 1<\/a>. (1958)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October <\/em>29
Thomas Paine<\/strong>
Common Sense<\/a><\/em>. (1776)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December <\/em>2
Marcel Proust<\/strong>
The Guermantes Way<\/a><\/em>, Chapter 1, pp. 1-70<\/a>. (1920)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2<\/em>8
Kahlil Gibran<\/strong>
The Prophet<\/a><\/em>. (1923)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 2<\/em>5
Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/strong>
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963)
Malcolm X<\/strong>
\u201cThe African Revolution and Its Impact on Afro-Americans<\/a>\u201d Harvard Law School Forum, December 16, 1964<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2<\/em>5
Daphne du Maurier<\/strong>
“The Birds<\/a>” (1952)
“The Old Man<\/a>” (1952)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April <\/em>29
Robert Hayden<\/strong>
<\/a>Middle Passage<\/a> (1961)
Langston Hughes<\/strong>
Harlem<\/a> (1951)
Maya Angelou<\/strong>
Still I Rise<\/a> (1978)
Audre Lorde<\/strong>
Power<\/a> (1978)
Lucille Clifton<\/strong>
homage to my hips<\/a> (1980)
Rita Dove<\/strong>
After Reading <\/a>Mickey in the Night Kitchen<\/a><\/em> for the Third Time Before Bed<\/a> (1991)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2<\/em>7
William Shakespeare<\/strong>
Henry VI, Part 3<\/a><\/em> (1591)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n