The Joynes Literary Society

The Joynes Literary Society is a book club for students in any UT honors program. This is an opportunity for people who love to read to gather informally outside the context of an organized class. (Plus, there's free food!)  Student members choose the books they will discuss and set the dates for their meetings.

The Joynes Reading Room supports the Literary Society by providing free or subsidized books, as well as refreshments at meetings.

The Joynes Literary Society is a student-led organization that brings honors students and UT's finest professors together to explore worthy texts. Once a month, students meet in the Joynes Reading Room for a one-to-two-hour discourse--informal, but inspired--on a chosen text. In the past, Paul Woodruff hosted a reading of his translation of Electra; John Trimble interpreted Miller's Death of a Salesman and Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the light of personal experience; Timothy Moore introduced us to Kyogen theatre; Carol Mackay contextualized then dissected A Room of One's Own. You need only query former participants to sense these gatherings were a rewarding experience.

This year the Joynes Literary Society will also be inviting some of the University's finest students to lead hearty discussions.

The Joynes Reading Room is kind enough to provide the first 15 students who sign up for the book discussion with a free or reduced book. The University Honors Center is also kind enough to provide snacks and refreshments. (September 2007)