WHAT YOUR SUPPORT BUILDS
More great works, reaching more readers
THE WORK
I
Literary Theory from Plato to Rand
The great arguments about what art is for, from Plato and Aristotle to Hugo, and where Ayn Rand fits in our deepest understanding of art.
II
New lectures and courses
Book-by-book teaching of the great works, beginning with the complete Iliad, much of it free on YouTube.
III
Translations for first-time readers
After the Iliad, the Odyssey and beyond, in modern english that a young new reader can understand and love.
THE COMMUNITY
IV
The Literary Canon Club
Growing the monthly live club where readers take on epics, plays, poems and films together.
V
Book clubs in Austin
In-person reading groups, lectures and gatherings, recorded and shared online.
VI
An Ayn Rand reading group
Reading Rand's novels and her writing on art closely, as literature, alongside the tradition she drew on.
Choose how you support
Every supporter receives Notes from the Workshop, a quarterly letter showing what your support is building.
Supporter
10
Every month
For everyone who loves the work
Valid until canceled
Your name on the supporters page
Access to Notes from the Workshops
Early news of new courses and translations
Companion
100
Every month
Valid until canceled
Your name in the credits of every video and lecture
Acknowledgment and a signed copy of every new book
First access to new lectures and courses
Literary Canon Club included
Everything in Supporter
Literary Canon Club
25
Every month
Valid until canceled
Access to all three monthly sessions
Access to all session recordings
Reading guides and a vote on the next Big Book
The Laurels
30% off All Courses
Patron
500
Every month
Support the core work and make lecture series possible.
Valid until canceled
“Made possible by” credit on a lecture series
Your name in each new translation
Early drafts of translations and lectures
A private quarterly conversation with Kirk
Everything in Companion
Medici
1,000
Every month
After the family whose patronage built the Renaissance
Valid until canceled
“Presented by” credit on a series or translation
An annual private seminar or dinner
A voice in which works come next
Everything in Patron
Prefer to give annually, by invoice or bank transfer? Email Kirk. Want to commission a translation or sponsor a series for your school or business? Let's talk.
"Most people want to have read the Iliad. Few ever start. Everything I make is meant to open that door, and you can help keep it open."
Kirk Barbera
Founder, Troubadour Studio · kirkbarbera@gmail.com
Troubadour Studio is a business, not a nonprofit, so support is not tax-deductible. It goes directly into the work. Cancel anytime.
