Friday, August 30, 2019

Please join us to discuss "Arcadia" by Emma Cline.

Find it on page 54 of The Best American Short Stories -- 2017

Read the first couple of pages on line at: https://granta.com/arcadia/

Friday, August 16, 2019

Please join us to discuss Factory Farms Play Chicken w/Antibiotics by Tom Philpott.

The inside story of one company (Perdue Farms -- not the pharmaceutical company) confronting its role in creating dangerous superbugs.

Find it on page 138 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing -- 2017

Read it on line at: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/05/perdue-antibiotic-free-chicken-meat-resistance/

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Friday, August 2, 2019

Please join us to discuss

"A SMALL SACRIFICE FOR AN ENORMOUS HAPPINESS" by JAI CHAKRABARTI

Find it on page 41 of The Best American Short Stories -- 2017

Read it on line at: https://lithub.com/a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness/

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.