This weekend, seven hundred members of the Jane Austen Society of North America congregated in Brooklyn for its inaugural meeting, a discussion of sex, money, and power. Anna Quindlen delivered the keynote. Cornel West addressed suffering. And, of course, bonnets were worn. “This is a place where people can let their Jane Austen freak flag fly,” said one attendee. [New York Times]
Holy moly.
Want.
my comp 1 teacher wrote a paper for and attended this my freshman year. she was the coolest.
Whatever your literary obsession is, there are always places to find your tribe.
Reblogging for a certain someone who can’t get enough Jane Austen.