Making the study of literature accessible to readers beyond the paywalls of the university by encountering literature through conversation, close reading, and community.

ALP’s Fall Lecture Series begins October 2nd - join us on Wednesday evenings through December for community and close reading!

Courses Spring & Summer 2024

  • Paradise Lost in Slow Motion (Applications now closed)

    We’ll practice slow, attentive, repeated readings of John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

    Reading one book per week, we’ll complete Milton’s epic in one semester. Lecture recordings to be published on our Lectures page.

    Instructor: Adam Walker

  • Image: John William Inchbold The White Doe of Rylstone (1855)

    W.H. Auden’s Horae Canonicae | Reading Group

    In this four-week reading group, we will focus our attention on Auden’s seven-part poem Horae Canonicae. The goal of the reading group is to learn to understand and appreciate Auden’s typically intricate, allusive, punning, and earnestly ironic style—and what it might mean artistically to represent human experiences in this way.

    Instructor: Dr. Robin Landrith

  • The Poetry of Emily Dickinson | Summer Course

    Ever wonder what depths of meaning lie beyond the surfaces of Dickinson’s poems? This course invites new and seasoned readers of Dickinson to encounter her poetry through conversation and community.

    Coming Summer 2024

    Instructor: Dr. Abigail Rawleigh

  • Shakespeare’s Late Romances | Summer Course

    Encounter Shakespeare’s late romances Pericles (1603-08), Cymbeline (1608-10), The Winter’s Tale (1609-11), and The Tempest (1611).

    Instructor: Dr. Kara McCabe

    Image: John Waterhouse, “The Tempest”