Literature of the Sea

A Reading Workshop

Facilitated by Richard King 

with an appearance by author Charles Johnson in the third session

August 2025 - Charles Johnson's Middle Passage

Weekly Meetings on three Saturdays

Aug 9th (10:00-11:00 AM)
Aug 16th (10:00-11:00PM)
Aug 23rd (10:00-11:30 AM)

This course will be virtual and meet online via Zoom

Limited to 10 participants

Let's stay connected through literature - read, discuss, and meet the author!
Catamaran’s “Literature of the Sea Seminar” is designed for readers, writers, and thinkers. Over Zoom, we will meet once a week for three weeks to discuss one book. The first two sessions will be for one hour, and the third session, with the author, will be 1.5 hours.
For this seminar we are reading Middle Passage by Charles Johnson, which won the National Book Award. This modernist, best-selling novel is set in the Atlantic and explores the history of the Middle Passage, African American literature of the sea, and the sea narrative genre itself. Middle Passage by Charles Johnson is not a long read, but it is multi-layered, exceptionally compelling and important, while also highly aware of its place within other literary works.
The “Literature of the Sea Seminar” will host a maximum of ten students. Each online meeting will be a mixture of moderated discussion and brief presentations by your instructor. There are no papers or exams, just thoughtful conversation and learning within a welcoming, inclusive community!
$60 for subscribers
$75 for non-subscribers
(each registration is for three weekly sessions)