This group comprises psychoanalysts, professors of literature and philosophy, and a number of colleagues who combine disciplines. Each year we invite a guest leader who is a distinguished literary critic. We usually read a piece of fiction complemented by criticism written by our invited guest. Our meetings are extremely lively, fun, and satisfying. Our guest leaders have included: Stanley Fish, Patrick Mahony, Samuel Weber, Peter Brooks, Wayne Booth, Barbara Johnson, Joan Scott, Judith Butler, Terry Eagleton, Marjorie Garber, Meredith Skura, and Diane Middlebrook. Our aim is to learn more about critical reading of fiction and occasionally of history or biography.