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February 18, 2009

The New Yorker Launches Monthly Book Club with Revolutionary Road

NewYorkerLogo Today the The New Yorker officially launched a monthly book club billed as an "ongoing collaboration between our editors our writers, and our audience." They promise that the selections will be "eclectic but will share one main criterion-- they resist easy answers." The selection for February is Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road. Seems like a good choice as we head into Oscar weekend, where the film adaptation of RR is up for several awards. Go on over to the New Yorker and register to participate in the discussion each month!

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Julie E.

Love the New Yorker. Thanks for letting us know about this!

Posted by: Julie E. | February 18, 2009 at 05:45 PM

Gayle

Thanks for letting us know - how do you register for the book club? I didn't see any place to sign up... Thanks!

Posted by: Gayle | February 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM

BookClubGirl

You're right, it's not clear. I have asked my friend at the NYer to clarify.

Posted by: BookClubGirl | February 19, 2009 at 10:32 AM

Darby Lohrding

Hi Jen,
I too went to the New Yorker to register for the book club and I don't see a link in order to do so, glad to see others have shared the same question...how?
Thanks
Darby

Posted by: Darby Lohrding | February 19, 2009 at 09:43 PM

isadora

FINALLY a book club I want to be a part of! I also went to check out the site but am a bit confused. I'm also going to try looking at Meetup, who seem to have a few great groups for avid readers like myself.

And from fellow book clubbers....have any of you ever tried renting books for your groups? I've been pondering joining this site that says they're the Netflix of books...BookSwim, and I read a ton so I'm thinking of trying out a 2 or 3 book-per-month deal.

On top of THAT, where have been some good places in NYC that you've tried for hosting the club? A friend of mine says there's even a few spots in Brooklyn, but I'm not sure everyone will trek out there.

Posted by: isadora | March 04, 2009 at 10:12 PM

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