The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize Committee is hosting a reading group for this year's winning book, Happy for You by Claire Stanford. Stanford will be visiting the University of Rochester on December 1 for a reading and reception.
 

The reading group will be casual and open to staff, faculty, students, and community members. You do not need to attend each meeting or the entirety of meetings, where we will hold discussions of various aspects of the book. We will offer a free copy of the book to those who register (up to 25 participants), and we will offer snacks during meetings.
 

Please register for the reading group here so we can be sure to have a copy of the book for you.
 

The reading group will meet in the Humanities Center Lounge in Rush Rhees Library on:

• Friday, November 3rd from 1:15 PM-2:00 PM
• Friday, November 10th 1:15 PM-2:00 PM
• Friday, November 17th 1:15 PM-2:00 PM

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About the book from the Kafka Prize Committee:

Claire Stanford’s debut novel is clever and engrossing, with a main character who leaves a graduate program in Philosophy and becomes immersed in San Francisco’s tech industry. With wry humor and poignant insight, Happy for You explores how modern life can be marked by ambivalence and the illusion of happiness. Through the story of a young woman navigating racism, intersectionality, and a pivotal point in her life, Stanford’s work eloquently examines emotion and raises questions about the invasiveness of technology, the meaning of family, and the nature of human happiness.