St. Rocco’s Readings for the Dispossessed  presents our 3nd annual marathon reading of The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin.

This will be a hybrid event, live in person at Fahrenheit 451 House in Catskill and virtually on Zoom.

Zoom link and Livestream info will be posted on our Tumblr and Facebook page on Friday, May 14th.

Confirmed Readers

First section – Chapters 1 through 4 – beginning at 12 noon

• Sara Manente
• Christophe Albertijn
• Annie Christain
• Joe Elliot
• Rin Johnson
• Elektra Hammond
• Caitríona Ní Threasaigh
• Kazembe Balagun
• Elisa Albert
• Yasmeen Siddiqui
• Samuel Gerald Collins
• Sandra Lindow

Second Section – Chapters 5-6-7- around 6pm until 8pm

• Timothy D. Sergay
• Danielle Ely
• Cat Tyc

Third Section – Chapter 8 to the end – 8:30pm until we finish (sometime between 12am and 1:30am.)

• Nisi Shawl
• Philip Howie
• Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
• Hans Kern
• Sheryl Holland
• Valentina Salvatierra
• Meredith Arena
• Zack Furness

The reading will begin at 12pm. It has lasted until 1am the past two years, so at last, we are planning on going until 1:30am.
We will take a short break after Chapter 6 and again at 8pm.

From Anarres to Urras and beyond!
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ABOUT THE DISPOSSESSED

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. (1974)

Publishers Synopsis: A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.

Wikipedia synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed
Full-Text: https://libcom.org/library/dispossessed-ursula-le-guin