Friday, December 18, 2015

Dec 22 @ 7:30 PM - ID by Joyce Carol Oates

Folks,

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of ID by Joyce Carol Oates.  Find it on page 244 of Best American Short Stories – 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks.
On-Line, read it at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/29/i-d

Coffee and cookies have been provided by our hosting facility, HighPointe Assisted Living. 

Friday, December 4, 2015

Dec 8, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: "The Brain on Trial" by David Eagleman

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of The Brain on Trial by David Eagleman.  Find it on page 167 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.

Read it on-line at http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-brain-on-trial/308520/

Compare this article with


Maimonides (~1168) A treatise on the Soul
[4.3a]   Should one’s soul be ill … If the body loses its harmony, and moves to one extreme or another, then one moves to reverse the process by moving to the other extreme until the body recovers its harmony …
[4.3b]   the miser must be taught to be a spendthrift
 

Our host facility, HighPointe has been quite generous providing us with coffee, cookies (usually freshly baked) and letting us use their private dining room.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Tues, Nov 24 @ 7:30 PM - Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of  Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila.  Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Friday, November 6, 2015

Tues, Nov 10 @ 7:30 PM: Biblical Deception in Genesis 27

Join us to explore deception in Genesis.  There may also be coffee and cookies.

  1. Is Isaac a bamboozled blind old man or a master of deception?
    What did Isaac know and when did he know it?
  2. What do we make of references in Gen Ch 27 that mirror other stores in Genesis?
  3. What do historic Jewish commentators think of deception? Do you agree?
Contact me (Mike Levin 303 779-1528) for a handout, and/or come prepared having read Gen 12:1-3; Gen 22:1-19; Gen 25:19-34; Gen 26:34-35; Gen 27 (all of it); Gen 28:1-6.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Tues, Oct 27, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs

Join  us to discuss Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs.
Read this on-line at Beautiful (Teenage) Brains.
Find it on page 156 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Our host facility has been providing coffee and freshly baked cookies.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Tues, Oct 13 @ 7:30 PM: Phantoms by Steven Millhauser

Join us to discuss Phantoms by Steven Millhauser on Tuesday, Oct 13 at 7:30 PM.
Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Our host facility, HighPointe has been graciously providing us with coffee and freshly baked cookies.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Tues, Sept 29 @ 7:30 PM - What You Don’t Know Can Kill You

Join us for cookies, coffee and a discussion of What You Don’t Know Can Kill You By Jason Daley. Find it on page 145 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.  Read it on line at http://discovermagazine.com/2011/jul-aug/11-what-you-dont-know-can-kill-you.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Friday, August 21, 2015

Tues, Aug 25 @ 7:30 PM: The Feedback Loop by Thomas Goetz

Join us to discuss The Feedback Loop by Thomas Goetz.
Read this on-line at http://www.wired.com/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/.
Find it on page 131 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Tues, Aug 11 @ 7:30 PM - Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart by Rebecca Makkai

Join us to discuss Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart by Rebecca Makkai. 

Find it on page 179 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

I could not find an on-line version.

Friday, July 24, 2015

Tues, July 28 @ 7:30 PM: Methods of Wallace J Nichols

We next discuss The Touchy-Feely (but Totally Scientific!) Methods of Wallace J. Nichols by Michael Roberts on Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe.

Author Michael Roberts does not mention Moby Dick, but there is some connection to:

        "Call me Ishmael. … Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can
… almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me."

Find the reading in our Science/Nature book on page 119, or read it on-line at The Touchy-Feely (But Totally Scientific!) Methods Of Wallace J. Nichols

Friday, July 10, 2015

Tues, July 14 @ 7:30 PM: The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

Join us to discuss The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte.  Find it on page 163 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.
Read this on-line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/the-dungeon-master.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Sleeping with the Enemy - Tues, June 30 @ 7:30 PM

Join the Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books group to discuss Sleeping with the Enemy by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Read it on line at sleeping-with-the-enemy.
Find it on page 97 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Friday, June 12, 2015

Tues, June 16 @ 7:30 PM - Foster by Claire Keegan

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss Foster by Claire Keegan.  Find it on page 136 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.
Read this on-line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/02/15/foster

Friday, May 29, 2015

The Scent of Your Thoughts: Tues, June 2 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe

Join us to discuss The Scent of Your Thoughts by Deborah Blum.
Download a PDF of the article at Scent of Your Thoughts.
Find it on page 89 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Tues, May 19 @ 7:30PM - Soldier of Fortune by Bret A Johnston

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss Soldier of Fortune by Bret A Johnston.  Find it on page 119 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Ants and the Art of War: Tues, May 5 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe

Join us to discuss Ants and the Art of War by Mark Moffett.
Find it on page 78 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Friday, April 17, 2015

The Sleep by Caitlin Horrocks - Tues, Apr 21 @ 7:30 PM

Join us to discuss The Sleep by Caitlin Horrocks on Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 PM.  Find it on page 104 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.  We are graciously hosted by HighPointe Assisted Living (NE corner of I-25 and Hampden).

Friday, April 3, 2015

Deep Intellect by Sy Montgomery - Tues, Apr 7 @ 7:30 PM

Join us to discuss Deep Intellect  by Sy Montgomery in the private dining room at HighPointe.
Find it on page 53 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.
Read it on-line at https://orionmagazine.org/article/deep-intellect/

Friday, March 20, 2015

Gurov in Manhattan - Tues, Mar 24 - 7:30 PM - HighPointe private dining room


A beautiful woman visits a man in his nursing home room.  She says, "I'm here to offer you super sex."  He thinks about it and replies, "I'll take the soup."

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss Gurov in Manhattan by Ehud Havazelet.  Find it on page 96 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Friday, March 6, 2015

Great Books Discussion: The Wipeout Gene - Tues, Mar 10 @ 7:30 PM

Read The Wipeout Gene by Bijal Trivedi and join us for a discussion at HighPointe.  Find it on page 53 of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - 2012.

Download a copy of the Scientific American article:
bijaltrivedi.com/Bijal_P._Trivedi/Books_files/WipeOutGene.pdf

Friday, February 20, 2015

La Vita Nuova by Allegra Goodman: Tues, Feb 24 @ 7:30 PM

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss La Vita Nuova by Allegra Goodman.  Find it on page 87 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.  Read it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/03/la-vita-nuova

Friday, February 6, 2015

Faster. Higher. Squeakier. by Michael Behar - Tues, Feb 10 @ 7:30 PM

Read Faster. Higher. Squeakier. by Michael Behar and join us for a discussion on Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 PM.  Meet at HighPointe (NE corner of Hampden & I-25) in their private dining room.

Find the work in Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012 on page 44.

On line read it at Faster--Higher--Squeakier-

The scientist featured in our reading was in the news this week: trick-the-gut-into-burning-fat-without-food

Friday, January 23, 2015

Free Fruit for Young Widows - Tues, Jan 27 @ 7:30 PM

Read Free Fruit for Young Widows by Nathan Englander and discuss it with us in the private dining room at HighPointe.

Find it in the Best American Short Stories - 2011 on page 74.  Read it on-line at free-fruit-for-young-widows.

Friday, January 9, 2015

How to Hatch a Dinosaur - Tues, Jan 13 @ 7:30 PM

Read How to Hatch a Dinosaur by Thomas Hayden and join us for a discussion in the private dining room at HighPointe.

Find this on page 35 of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - 2012.  Or read it on line at: Chickensaurus.