Salon Feedback 2018
I will just say that, for me, the great thing about the salon is that it feels like a form of play…Over the years as a teacher, I sometimes felt that what was occurring in class was a kind of play, and when this happened it seemed a wonderful thing.
Feedback 2018
The experience of the Salon is best described by the participants– here is a sampling from recent studies: “Thank you…
Salonistas Comment 2017
Ulysses Feedback 2017 If you were recommending the study to a friend, what aspects might you highlight? “How enjoyable it…
Comments on Sound and Fury Salon 11.15
William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is often named as one of the best novels of the 20th century. Faulkner tackles…
Feedback from Ulysses at City Lit
Having owned a copy of “Ulysses’ for years, I attended a three-day introductory course at City Lit. Captivated, I then…
Sharon Massey’s comment on the ‘Beloved’ salon
Thank you so much for yesterday evening. It was brilliant being able to seriously appreciate Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ in such…
Salonistas Comment on the Salon experience 2015
After the intensive, multi-month studies of Ulysses and Proust, participants were asked to comment on their experience of the…
“So, an expensive book club by any other name?”
Comments on Kentishtowner article: “What exactly is a Literary Salon?” No it’s not, because Toby really does offer a road…
Reflections on Moby Dick Salon from Lizzie Harwood, Paris Salon Participant & Writer
Melville plays around with so many narrative forms, and gets so darned allegorical, that you don’t know what’s what anymore but you are on the boat with those guys and you totally understand why they regularly spend three years at a time at sea eating salted meat and ship’s biscuit. And blubber steaks.