Join us to discuss Encrucijada by Roberto G. Fernandez. Find it on page 237 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
This is the last selection in this collection.
We read and discuss short, cheap and nearly great stories and essays. We are now meeting via Zoom. Previously we met in the Bistro @ HighPointe Assisted Living [NE Corner – Hampden Ave & I-25] 6383 East Girard Place, Denver, CO 80222. This group is free and open to anyone willing to read the material before the discussion. For more information, call Mike Levin 303 514-5463 or email Levin.DePrenger@gmail.com.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Friday, September 15, 2017
Sept 19: Awakening by Joshua Lang
Since its introduction in 1846, anesthesia has allowed for medical miracles. Limbs can be removed, tumors examined, organs replaced—and a patient will feel and remember nothing. Or so we choose to believe. In reality, tens of thousands of patients each year in the United States alone wake up at some point during surgery. Since their eyes are taped shut and their bodies are usually paralyzed, they cannot alert anyone to their condition. In efforts to eradicate this phenomenon, medicine has been forced to confront how little we really know about anesthesia’s effects on the brain. The doctor who may be closest to a solution may also answer a question that has confounded centuries’ worth of scientists and philosophers: What does it mean to be conscious?
Join us to discuss Awakening by Joshua Lang. Find it on page 167 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014
Friday, September 1, 2017
Sept 5: Bamboo by Eduardo Halfon
Join us to discuss Bamboo by Eduardo Halfon. Find it on page 231 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
Find it on line at https://pen.org/bamboo/
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