The upcoming session of the Core Conversations virtual book club begins with discussions of Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls. This five-week session will rethink the triumphs and vicissitudes of male heroism in the Iliad from the perspectives of the war's least commemorated survivors—the queens and mothers who become prizes and concubines when civilizations fall. We will examine the cycles of violence that turn victims into perpetrators, the dehumanization of slavery, and the dangers of uncritically revering power at the cost of human rights.

Join the group now — from wherever you are, and on your schedule — to be part of this exciting reading experience.