…have …word reading group is back for its third series. You’re warmly invited to join us every second Sunday 12h-14h00 from October 6 to December 15 2024.

Kathy Acker once wrote “Language pre-supposes community. Therefore without you, nothing I say has any meaning.” In this reading group we look to language as a site of relation and community. Following on from our previous series we question what it means to have, to hold, to let go and to be transformed by language. Through a diverse reading list of prose, poetry and theory, we look at the different ways that language proposes, facilitates and activates community. From an essay on analysis as enjoyment, to blog posts and online writing, to experimental marxist-feminist poetry and the politics of information. We will unfold how language produces community and what those collective relational forms make possible for us.

We start this series by reading from Passages through Genocide, an online platform collecting, translating and publishing writing from Palestinian writers confronting the genocide in Gaza. Further in the series we will read from work by Mia You, Juliana Spahr, Jackie Wang, nat raha, Cait Mckinney, and others.

…have …word reading group will be facilitated collectively by the rile* team: Ros, Ire, Sven and Chloe.

Sign up for the reading group sessions here. The texts and additional resources for each session will be communicated in a separate mailinglist as we go.

Dates
Sun 6 Oct , Sun 20 Oct, Sun 3 Nov, Sun 17 Nov , Sun 1 Dec, Sun 15 Dec

For whom
This reading group is for anyone who wants to read, listen and converse. No prior reading or preparation is required. You can attend only one session but we highly encourage you to participate more than once. A PDF and printed reader with all texts will be provided after making a reservation. The reading group will be held in english, but we welcome any language into the conversation.

Access & Location
The event will take place in person at our space, between 12h00 and 14h00. The space is wheelchair accessible. We have tea, coffee and water. For sitting, we have stools, chairs and pillows. Feel free to bring your reading and writing tools, food and friends :) If you have any access requirements do not hesitate to write us at info @ rile.space

Credits
Quote 'Chaos is as clay' by Octavia Butler.
The image used in the event cover is "The Ass at School" by Breugel (1557).