Homer's Odyssey Winter 2010 - moderated by Pat Wictor

Winter 2010 Homer's Odyssey - Free phone-based reading group
Tuesdays January 19, February 9, March 9 at 8pm ET
Moderator: Pat Wictor 

In the winter of 2010, we'll run another phone-based Homer reading group for those who would like the Reading Odyssey reading experience of this great epic. Special thanks to Reading Odyssey sponsors Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing division.

Moderated by the wonderful Pat Wictor, the reading group will meet Tuesdays Jan 19, Feb 9 and March 9 at 8pm ET, 5pm Pacific via phone. The conference call number will be supplied to all who register.

Pat will use the custom Reading Odyssey method to make it a good experience and help first-time readers engage the text.

Reading Odyssey Process

- readers will read a section of the Odyssey each month assigned by Pat with reading questions
- then get on the phone to discuss the reading (and the reading questions assigned by Pat)
- each phone call is recorded and the .mp3 is made available to the readers who missed it
- Pat is also available via e-mail during the month to answer questions - and members are encouraged to use the group e-mail listserv and blog to discuss the reading

Edition?

We'll be using the Stanley Lombardo translation. It's available at Amazon
(see http://tinyurl.com/odyssey-lombardo)
or can be borrowed through your local library using the Reading Odyssey website directory of U.S. libraries - http://borrowabook.org.

More about the moderator:

Pat Wictor is a nationally touring roots / Americana singer-songwriter who manages to read the classics in between his shows and projects. See more at www.patwictor.com.  

Check out more about the Reading Odyssey here: http://www.readingodyssey.com 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- to -
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 9:15 PM (ET)

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Reading Odyssey

Reading Odyssey aims to reignite curiosity. Programs range from phone-based reading groups on the great books of humanity to the global grassroots movement, Slow Art, to the upcoming 2,500 year anniversary celebration of the Battle of Marathon, Marathon2500.  

The Reading Odyssey is sponsored by Citrix Online, their teleconferencing division, HiDefConferencing, and other companies. 

Our board of trustees includes Professor Paul Cartledge at Cambridge University, Professor John Dowling at Harvard University, Professor John Marincola at Florida State University, Professor Barry Schwartz at Swarthmore College and Robert Strassler, an independent scholar.

Websites we run include:

- Reading Odyssey blog/archive
http://www.readingodyssey.com 

- Slow Art Day site (Facebook)
http://www.SlowArtDay.com

- Facebook Darwin Project
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123 

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