THE PERFECT BOOK FOR YOU
Françoise Sagan
Bonjour, Tristesse
Françoise Sagan
Bonjour, Tristesse
“As humans grow older, they often develop skin discolorations. Old books do too. It’s called foxing. The name, first recorded in the middle of the nineteenth century, comes from the observations that it looked as if a fox with muddy paws had trampled across the page."
—Margaret Rosenberg and Bern Marcowitz
LECTURES
These 90-minute talks—each on a different book and each sectioned into three 30-minute chunks—will give you a deeper understanding of the book at hand, all while teaching you to read everything a little better.
HOW TO READ
In these hour-long classes, Kimberly uses the best prose writers to explore a given literary concept—all to help you get more out of what you read.
“Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.”
—Virginia Woolf
OLD FAVORITES
These 45-minute talks will vault you back in time, Kimberly’s analysis revealing why you loved these gems in the first place.
FIVE-MINUTE RECOMMENDATIONS
Kimberly will convince you whether you might—or might not—want to read a given book. With both broad thoughts and a dip into the prose, she’ll inspire and advise, helping you get the most out of your reading hours.
“Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.”
—Vladimir Nabokov
TRAVEL ITINERARIES
Kimberly will convince you whether you might—or might not—want to read a given book. With both broad thoughts and a dip into the prose, she’ll inspire and advise, helping you get the most out of your reading hours.
DESTINATION:
BOOK CLUB
Kimberly is often asked for book club recos. Everyone wants to read an un-put-downable, stays-with-you, inspires-great-discussion book. These titles will make you look SMART--while giving your gang hooooours of the very best reading.
LIVE EVENTS
For an entertaining, immersive, inspirational experience, join Kimberly’s live 8-week zoom CLASSES.
WINTER/SPRING 2024:
All Things Virginia Woolf
**LIVE VIA ZOOM**
8 sessions: January 31-April 24
CHOOSE JUST ONE SESSION OR
(more bang for your buck) ATTEND ALL!
January 31: Brief introduction, historical context,
literary legacy, ICON STATUS
February 7: Liberty (brief, amazing nonfiction)
February 21-March 6 (3 sessions): Mrs. Dalloway
April 10-24 (3 sessions): Orlando
$40 per 90-minute session or $240 for all 8
(SENIOR [65+] and STUDENT discount: 50% off)
Wednesday evenings: 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 pm ET
60-minute lectures + 30-minute discussion
(small group and structured, whole-group discussion)
+ hilarious weekly quizzes with amazing PRIZES
Short reflection pieces to be shared with Kimberly—only if desired!
Attendance expected for discussion purposes though zoom recordings of each class will be available
Course limited to 30 students
To join, email thefoxedpage@gmail.com
KEPLER'S WINTER 2024:
Join Kimberly for IN-PERSON (OR ZOOM) lectures at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, California.
Winter 2024 text likely The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
For details and to buy tickets, click KEPLER’S.)
KIMBERLY
She is the best-selling author of Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids and her short story “Generation” was shortlisted for an O. Henry Prize. She has been a high school teacher, an adjunct professor, an editor and a lecturer. She lives (mostly) in California.
BACKGROUND
Kimberly was an undergrad at Dartmouth, earned her Master’s at Penn., a Ph.D. at Berkeley, and three-quarters of an MFA at the Bennington Writing Seminars.
“Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book.”
—Susan Sontag