Brain Pain discussion

This is our planned reading and discussion schedule for “The Spine 2014”.


Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf – 2 wks – Jan 6 - 19

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce – 2 wks – Jan 27 – Feb 9

Asylum Piece – Anna Kavan – 2 wks – Feb 10 – Feb 23

Ice – Anna Kavan – 2 wks – Feb 24 – Mar 9

Under the Volcano – Malcolm Lowry – 4 wks – Mar 10 – Apr 6

The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing – 6 wks – Apr 14 – May 25

The Benefactor – Susan Sontag – 3 wks – May 26 – Jun 15

Death Kit – Susan Sontag – 3 wks – Jun 16 – Jul 6

A Smuggler's Bible – Joseph McElroy – 4 wks – Jul 7 – Aug 3

J R – William Gaddis - 6 wks – Aug 11 – Sep 21

Speedboat – Renata Adler – 2 wks – Sep 22 – Oct 5

Pitch Dark – Renata Adler – 2 wks – Oct 6 - Oct 19

The Public Burning – Robert Coover – 5 wks – Oct 20 – Nov 23

Middle C – William H. Gass – 4 wks – Dec 1 – Dec 31


In addition to these books, there will also be three additional projects:

First is a bi-weekly reading and discussion of Franz Kafka’s short stories beginning on February 3 thru October 13, 2014.

Second is a continuation of “The Vollmann Project” and will include Argall, the third volume of his “Seven Dreams” series, beginning April 7, 2014, and his novel, Europe Central, beginning September 15, 2014.

Third is a non-fiction reading project of Walter Benjamin’s unfinished book, The Arcades Project, beginning the week of February 17, 2014.

Detailed schedules for all of these books will be posted as their reading dates approach.