Chewing the Fat is a book club in New York City for freelance writers. The group meets at a NYC bar/restaurant with a theme that matches the novel or nonfiction work they are reading.

For more information on the book club or to enquire about joining, contact Jessica directly.

Book Club Picks

 

July 2021: Memorial by Bryan Washington

March 2021: Wintering by Katherine May

April 2020: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

March 2020The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker

November 2019Notes to Self by Emilie Pine

September 2019: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

April 2019How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

February 2019: Normal People by Sally Rooney

August 2018Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

June 2018: Notes on a Foreign Country by Suzy Hansen

April 2018: Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

February 2018: Bulletproof Vest by Maria Venegas

December 2017: Annual holiday party

October 2017: Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

August 2017: Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy

July 2017: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

June 2017: The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr

April 2017: Rome and a Villa by Eleanor Clark

December 2016St. Marks is Dead by Ada Calhoun

October 2016: A Time to Be Born by Dawn Powell

July 2016: The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christiansen

May 2016: Drinking With Men by Rosie Schaap

March 2016: My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

February 2016: M Train by Patti Smith

December 2015: Annual holiday party

August 2015: Sri Lanka: The Two Faces of Paradise by Leslie Jamison (from AFAR magazine)

March 2015: Napoleon’s Privates by Tony Perrottet

January 2015: Annual Holiday Party

November 2014:  Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida

September 2014: Nothing to Declare by Mary Morris

August 2014: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

June 2014: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

April 2014: The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

February 2014: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

December 2013: Holiday Party

October 2013: The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939 by Ella Maillart

August 2013: Here is New York by E.B. White

June 2013: The Quiet American by Graham Greene

May 2013: Miami by Joan Didion

March 2013: Mornings in Mexico by D.H. Lawrence

January 2013: Wanderlust by Elisabeth Eaves

November 2012: A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck.

September 2012: The Gastronomical Me by MFK Fisher.

August 2012: Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris.