The Verso Book Club is finally … a book club!

The Verso Book Club is a monthly curated subscription service where our members receive best-selling titles in the mail, every new ebook we release, and get 50% off all website purchases.

As the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, we believe that a revolutionary pedagogy is vital to building a liberatory future. This new addition to the Verso Book Club moves beyond the initial reading of a book, asking readers to dig into the critical, though often messy, next stage of discussing, arguing, reflecting, and expanding upon the text.

Each month, we will meet over Zoom to hear from the author(s) themselves, or from a scholar, writer, or thinker who has had a key influence on the topic at hand. Guest speakers are not asked to lecture per se, but to be in conversation with their own reading of the text, highlighting key moments, explicating subtleties, and suggesting questions for further dialogue in advance of small group discussion. We also encourage members to self-organize either in person or virtual satellite meetups.

Our first session will take place on September 14th @ 2pm (EST) / 7pm (GMT). We will be joined by Benjamin Balthaser, author of our August VBC selection, Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left, along with poet and essayist Dania Rajendra. We will be reading through the book's introduction, along with chapters 1-3.

Become a member of the Verso Book Club today and join our new monthly online reading group!

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