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Full Tilt: Gambling in Literature & Film

The Newberry @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL

Get your poker face ready for this class focused on how gambling is depicted in literature and film. From classics like Dostoevsky’s "The Gambler" to cult novels like A. Alvarez’s "The Biggest Game in Town," this class will explore depictions of gambling in literature, both fiction and non-fiction, and film, with a special emphasis on poker.  We will ask, how does the randomness intrinsic to gambling create narrative suspense, tension,...