Summer Seminar
Summer Seminar is an annual intellectual adventure through speculative fiction and critical (re)thinking. This year’s theme is “Out of Time,” exploring time, hope, routine, and solitude.
Reading List
Summer Seminar is designed to jump-start your curiosity and encourage you to think about things you potentially haven't thought about before.
This summer, we’re reading On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle (2020 tr. 2024) and The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (1963 tr. 1990).
Both books feature women cut off from their normal lives—one by time and the other by place. Both feature first-person narratives full of sparse prose and prompt us to question: what if it was me?
Grab them from the library, pick them up at an indie bookstore, or find them in any other way you choose!
We’re building a social commonplace book.
This summer, we’ll work together in a private reflection-powered community to build a shared resource. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you’ll receive a prompt either from our reading or inspired by adjacent ideas.
Use these prompts to reflect on what you’re reading, share your personal experiences, and contribute the creative connections you’re making as the summer progresses.