Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: June 2016

Join us to discuss Dream Machine by Rivka Galchen on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 PM. Find it on page 258 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012

Find it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/02/dream-machine

Friday, June 3, 2016

Tues, June 7 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe

We next discuss Letting Go to America on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe.

Find it on page 3 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, our new collection from the Great Books Foundation.

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.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Tues, June 21 @ 7:30 PM - Dream Machine by Rivka Galchen

Friday, June 3, 2016

Tues, June 7 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe