We call ourselves the Cereus Readers in honor of Jackson writer Eudora Welty and her friends who gathered for the annual blooming of the night-blooming cereus flower and called themselves “The Night-Blooming Cereus Club.” In this same spirit of friendship and fellowship, this book club was launched.
The goal of the Cereus Readers is to introduce readers to the writing of Eudora Welty–her short stories, essays, and novels–and then to read books and authors she enjoyed herself or were influenced by her. We have been reading the work of Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bowen, Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Katherine Anne Porter, and others.
We typically meet the fourth Thursday of every month, but we change the date as necessary. No previous reading of Eudora Welty required.
For more information and to subscribe to our e-mail list, please send an e-mail to: lisa@lemuriabooks.com.
This fall we’ll be reading E. M. Forster.
We will be reading these texts, available at Lemuria:
The Life to Come: And Other Short Stories by E. M. Forster
Eudora Welty’s review of The Life to Come which is found in The Eye of the Story by Eudora Welty.
Thursday, September 17
We’ll talk about the life of E. M. Forster and his friendship with and influence on Eudora Welty.
Thursday, October 22
The Life to Come: And Other Stories
Thursday, November 19
The Life to Come: And Other Stories
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