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Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 07:00 PM EDT

The Sword in the Stone + First Quests

This session will consider the origin of King Arthur, from his conception to the pulling of the sword from the stone, up through the founding of the Round Table and the early quests.

We will be reading selections from Thomas Mallory's account, plus considering select historical background. Stay tuned for further details.

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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Host:
Paul Franz

Paul Franz has published poems and stories in the New York Review of Books, Hobart, Berfrois, Prelude, and AGNI, among others. His essays and criticism appear in journals including The Atlantic, London Review of Books, TLS, The Nation, TANK, The Hedgehog Review, RealClearBooks, and on his Substack newsletter, ashesandsparks.substack.com, which also features fiction and poems. He is the editor of the journal Literary Imagination, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and, with Matthew Gasda, of Serpent Club: New Writing (new issue out April 16).

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The Sword in the Stone + First Quests

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