Programming Note: Persuasion by Jane Austen

Reading schedule for the next R&W read

Grandma Moses, In Harvest Time, 1945, oil on pressed board, Smithsonian American Art Museum (not on display)

Happy Friday, everyone!

And Happy All Saints Day to all who observe this Christian holy day.

My parents are visiting this week, and so I am passing on my regular Friday essay.

As a side note, this Friday’s essay should be my regular end of the month roundup on "ways I’ve played.” throughout the month. Yes, I know it’s Nov. 1st and technically the beginning of the month, not the end. I didn’t want to push last week’s Part 2 on imagination out another week. Also, in full transparency, I did NOT play well this month. I allowed the “cares of the world” to overwhelm and suffocate my brain.

Here’s to November and new opportunities for living, as C. S. Lewis says, “further up and further in.” :)

I did, however, want to pop in this week and share the reading plan for The Reader & the Writer’s next deep read, Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

Here’s the schedule. Thanks to my marvelous R&W better half, Rhea Forney, for making this flyer:

And if you’re wondering, our final R&W read for 2024 will be The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. YAY! I can’t wait.

Also, in December, Rhea and I will be doing our Big Draw Episode. This is where we select the R&W books for 2025. Right now we plan to drop that episode on Christmas Eve.

I hope you will join us as we read and discuss Persuasion this November. As Rhea says, reading Jane Austen feels like “coming home.”

Have a great weekend, all. Read wide, read well. Live always in witness of the Great Story. :)

Much Love,

Shari