A reading and conversation society, New York City
Ever read a great piece and wish you had someone to talk about it with? You’ve found your people.
We’re a group that never outgrew the joy of reading a good essay. Maybe you found it in the library, around a seminar table, or in a book club. However you got here, we share one belief: what we read, think, and talk about opens the door to new ideas and bonds. The Pit exists for that reason: to connect people around the ideas they care about.
Found an essay or long read you can’t stop thinking about? Send it through our submission form with a line on why.
Every Sunday, we’ll email you the week’s submissions. Let them chase away the Sunday scaries or steal a few minutes midweek to read them, tab ready to close when your supervisor’s prying eyes drift to your computer.
By Friday, vote for your favorites. The leaderboard updates every few days, so you can see what ideas are on people’s minds.
At the end of the month, we meet to discuss the top few pieces, the ones voted most worth talking about. Try to read at least one before you come, but most importantly, come excited to discuss and learn about people’s perspectives!
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the conversation pit was a hallmark of European and North American interior design. Built-in seating was installed in the depressed section of a room’s floor, facing each other and bringing folks together in conversation. Our goal is to create a similar experience: bring people together over shared interests and ideas, evoking the same pit that came generations before.
Selected articles that members have sent in this week. See all of them in this week’s email and vote through the link provided.
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At the end of the month, whichever pieces are at the top are the ones we’ll discuss when we gather. Results are refreshed every few days based on your votes. Make sure to join our email list to get the information for this month’s event.
No votes yet. Rankings will appear here once voting opens.
One evening a month, we’ll gather to talk about this month’s top thought pieces. Details go out via email; join to make sure you get the invitation.
Every Sunday we’ll send you the week’s submissions and a link to vote, with votes due by Friday. Once a month, you’ll get an invitation to the gathering.
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Membership is free. All we ask is that you submit something now and then, vote when you can, and read at least one piece before you come to a gathering. See how it works for the full picture.