Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: November 2018

Friday, November 30, 2018

Tues, Dec 4 @ 7:30 PM: Fable of the Goat | Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car

Join us to discuss the poem, "Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car" by Dan Pagis and "Fable of the Goat" by S.Y. Agnon.

Find them on page 191 and 195 of The Soul of the Text: Anthology of Jewish Literature - Great Books Foundation.

Read Fable of the Goat at: https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/three-stories-fable-of-the-goat/

WRITTEN IN PENCIL IN THE SEALED RAILWAY-CAR

here in this carload
i am eve
with abel my son
if you see my other son
cain son of man
tell him that i

Friday, November 16, 2018

Nov 20 @ 7:30 PM: Secrets of the Wave Pilots

For thousands of years, sailors in the Marshall Islands have navigated vast distances of open ocean without instruments. Can science explain their method before it’s lost forever?

Join us to discuss "Secrets of the Wave Pilots" by Kim Tingley. Find it on page 27 of Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2107

Read it on line at: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-secrets-of-the-wave-pilots.html

Friday, November 2, 2018

Tues, Nov 6 @ 7:30 PM + updated schedule

Please join us to discuss "Miriam" by Ivan Klima

See page 172 of "The Soul of the Text - An Anthology of Jewish Literature."

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.