Original music inspired by Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights What happens if we pay attention? That’s the quiet dare at the heart of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay’s dazzling collection of daily essays that touch on everything from palm readings to Lisa Loeb. Funny, strange, and full of questions, these kaleidoscopic observations invite you […]

Original music inspired by Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park Welcome to the escape room with teeth. In Jurassic Park, science breaks the rules, capitalism signs the checks, and a remote island becomes a high-stakes survival game (complete with frighteningly clever velociraptors). Michael Crichton’s techno-thriller classic is a masterclass in hubris, chaos theory, and running very fast. Life […]

Original music inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed A physicist walks into a revolution. In The Dispossessed, the brilliant scientist Shevek leaves his anarchist moon for a capitalist planet to share a theory of time—and ends up rewriting the future. Ursula K. Le Guin’s visionary tale of walls, worlds, and radical hope is part […]

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Original music inspired by Percival Everett’s James In James, Percival Everett takes a red pen to the American literary canon—and sets it on fire. Jim, now James, gets the narrative he was denied in Twain’s classic, revealing a mind as sharp as the satire and a heart as big as the Mississippi. Slavery, subversion, and […]

Original music inspired by Emily Henry’s Beach Read She writes swoon. He writes doom. Beach Read throws a romance author and a literary fiction snob into neighboring lake houses with matching writer’s block—and a challenge: switch genres, swap cynicism for kisses, and try not to fall in love. Pairing a romance author and a literary […]

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT! (Become a MEMBER today to reserve your seat) Tickets FREE with purchase of a membership! Original music inspired by Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are Max’s tantrum kicks off one of the most dreamy, defiant, and timeliness stories in children’s lit. Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is a beautifully bonkers […]

Original music inspired by William Goldman’s The Princess Bride Inconceivable? Hardly. The Princess Bride takes the tired damsel-in-distress narrative, flips it, parodies it, and sets it galloping off on an endlessly quotable mission of revenge. William Goldman’s classic satire gleefully dismantles the fantasy genre, only to rebuild it with sharper jokes, deeper feelings, and the best […]

Original music inspired by Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown Lights, camera, stereotype. In Interior Chinatown, Willis Wu dreams of leveling up from “Generic Asian Man” to “Kung Fu Guy” in a cop show called Black and White—but what happens when the role he’s really after is just… person? Part satire, part soul-search, Charles Yu’s groundbreaking novel is […]

Original music inspired by Hannah Templer’s Cosmoknights Suit up, space gays. In Cosmoknights, jousting isn’t just for knights in shining armor—it’s for queer rebels in mech suits dismantling the patriarchy one tournament at a time. Pan thought her world was small. Turns out it’s galactic, gritty, and full of laser-scorched possibility. Come for the armor. Stay […]