This is an excerpt from a recent book club — and it features club member
talking as well.Over the course of this two-week Gatsby club, I also talked about Fitzgerald’s personal life and writing process, his marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald, and his friendship with Ernest Hemingway.
And we all talked out why the novel keeps speaking to us, where its aliveness comes from, and what it says about America.
Watch the full recordings below
The full video archive of FrizzLit’s 2025 Gatsby “exploder” club is available below. “Exploder” means we reread something quickly to try to figure out how it works, and spoilers are allowed — they’re usually not allowed in FrizzLit book clubs.
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A two-part class
We read chapters 1-5 of The Great Gatsby before our first meeting on April 12, 2025.
We read chapters 6-9 before our second meeting on April 19, 2025.
Here they are…
