Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: October 2013

Friday, October 18, 2013

Contagious Cancer on Tuesday, Oct 22 at 7:30 PM in the Community Room, Whole Foods - Tamarac.

Read Contagious Cancer by David Quammen and join us for a discussion on Tuesday, Oct 22 at 7:30 PM in the Community Room, Whole Foods - Tamarac.

Find it in the Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2009 on page 209. It is also available on line at http://harpers.org/archive/2008/04/contagious-cancer/?single=1

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Nachman from Los Angeles - Tues Oct 8 @ 7:30 PM - Whole Foods - Tamarac

Read Nachman from Los Angeles by Leonard Michaels and join us for a discussion in the Community Room on the West side of Whole Foods.

This work can be found in The Best American Short Stores - 2002, page 230. Find it on-line at newyorker: Nachman from Los Angeles.

Basic Guidelines for Shared Inquiry

Read the selection carefully before participating in the discussion. This ensures that all participants are equally prepared to talk about the ideas in the work.
Most of us need to read short stories more than once.
Support your ideas with evidence from the text. This keeps the discussion focused on understanding the selection and enables the group to weigh textual support for different answers.
Discuss the ideas in the selection and try to understand them fully before exploring issues that go beyond the selection. Reflecting on the ideas in the text and the evidence to support them makes the exploration of related issues more productive.
Listen to other participants and respond to them directly. Directing your comments and questions to other group members, not always to the leader, will make the discussion livelier and more dynamic.
Expect the leader to only ask questions. Effective leaders help participants develop their own ideas, with everyone gaining a new understanding in the process. Participants should look to the leader for questions, not answers.