Wednesday, October 20, 2021, and Wednesday, November 10, 2021
8 – 9 p.m. ET
Zoom (link will be sent in confirmation email)
We invite you to join us for our first ever Fordham Alumni Book Club! We will be reading Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly, chair of the English department at Fordham University. Lizzie & Dante is an insightful, audacious novel that received multiple rave reviews on publication last June. People Magazine called it “delicious,” and the Minneapolis Star Tribune described it as laced with poetry: “smart, sexy, and funny, full of joy in simple pleasures.”
The book club will launch with an opportunity to meet the author and get your book signed at Homecoming on Saturday, October 9. We will then meet for two one-hour moderated discussions on Zoom with Mary Bly on Wednesday, October 20, and Wednesday, November 10, at 8 p.m. ET. The first session will be moderated by Professor Stuart Sherman and the second session will be moderated by English alum, Phil Cicione. Once you register, you will receive a book club toolkit to guide your reading and the discussions. There are several options for purchasing the book, so even if you cannot attend Homecoming weekend, you can still participate in the Zoom discussions!
About the Author
Educated at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale, Mary Bly has served as chair of the English department since 2019. Lizzie & Dante is her first novel published under her own name. As Eloisa James, she is a New York Times bestselling author of historical romance as well as a travel memoir, Paris in Love. She lives with her family in New York City, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two—both of whom went to Fordham!
There are three different options for purchasing your copy of Lizzie & Dante. On the registration page, you will be asked to select one choice below.
- Purchase the book from Book Culture by Friday, October 1, to have it personalized and signed by the author and shipped to you.
- Purchase the book at Homecoming on Saturday, October 9, to have it personalized and signed by the author. Please note that this option is cash only.
- Purchase the book on your own. See all ordering options on the book website.
Please register by Friday, October 15 to participate in the book club.