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April 2026

Meeting Details: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 7:30pm. Location TBD.

Tilt

by Emma Pattee

“Utterly gripping.” —NPR, All Things Considered

Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, there’s nothing to do but walk.

Making her way across the wreckage of Portland, Annie experiences human desperation and kindness: strangers offering help, a riot at a grocery store, and an unlikely friendship with a young mother. As she walks, Annie reflects on her struggling marriage, her disappointing career, and her anxiety about having a baby. If she can just make it home, she’s determined to change her life.

May 2026

Martin Dressler

by Steven Millhauser

WINNER OF THE 1997 PULITZER PRIZE

Martin Dressler tells of the mesmerizing journey of an American dreamer as he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry.

Millhauser is a Transom favorite for his fabulist and speculative short stories that satirize our reality with quick-witted twists of the imagination.

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June 2026

Meeting Details: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Death of The Author

by Nnedi Okorafor

In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve read before.