April 2026
The Memory Police (1994)
Set on an island where the Memory Police take things away, along with your memories of them. But the narrator’s friend doesn’t forget, putting him at risk of being taken by the Memory Police.
April 2025: Women in Japan, Part One
Butter (2017) by Asako Yuzuki
A Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. Translated into English.
February 2025: Classics Month
Lysistrata (411 B.C.) by Aristophanes
An Ancient Greek comedy about a group of women who pledge to deny their husbands sex until they end the wars between the Greek city-states.