Cover to Cover: Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills and the Hell of Black Middle-Class Ambition (Virtual)

A reading group discussion of Gloria Naylor's 1985 novel Linden Hills — a quietly explosive allegory of Dante's Inferno set in the Black suburban middle class.

One of America's most underappreciated literary voices, Naylor turns considerations of class, racial uplift, and progress on their head. Discussion is participant-driven, with light thematic notes from the instructor.

Full novel required in advance.