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The Academy

The Academy is a weekly book group lead by English guru and Dunn School alumnus, Ralph Lowe '70. An eclectic crowd of students, faculty, and parents, the Academy is a prestigious intellectual forum for discussing pertinent world literature.

Recent Academy books include:

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Roberto Colasso
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, Richard Powers
The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx
The House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende
The Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
The Short Stories of T.C. Boyle, T.C. Boyle
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, Robert Bly
The Headmaster's Papers, Richard Hawley
The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester
The Intuitionist, Colson Whitehead
Rain of Gold, Victor Villaseñor
Thirteen Senses, Victor Villaseñor
Empire Falls, Richard Russo
Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman

If you would like to join the Academy or find out what book the Academy is currently reading, please email Ralph Lowe '70.

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