Our …have …word reading group is back for its fourth series. You’re warmly invited to join us every second Sunday 12h-14h00 from January 26 to April 20 2025.

In this reading group we will look at the ways in which narration constructs and animates subjects. Following on from our previous series which circled around questions of community, this series seeks to address the 'I' which produces community and inevitably the community which produces the 'I'. We will read poetry and fiction from authors that question the contemporary trend for first-person narration and the ensuing paradigm of immediacy and authenticity. Moving between authenticity, meta-fiction and the conceptual, the texts in this series will help us glance sideways at the complex politics of an unreliable self.

We begin this series by reading from Dionne Brand and Renee Gladman. Further on we will read from work by Asiya Wadud, Aurelia Guo, Marina Vishmidt and Anna Kornbluh.

The reading group will be facilitated by Ros and Ire.

Sign up
You can sign up for the reading group sessions here. The texts and additional resources for each session will be shared through this mailinglist as we go.

Dates
Jan 26, Feb 09, Feb 23, March 23, April 06, April 20

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