Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: September 2020

Friday, September 25, 2020

Wednesday, Sept 30 @ 7:30 PM (MT) via Zoom

With a debate on Tuesday, we are meeting on Wednesday to discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Find it on page one of Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Vision – Great Books Foundation.

Here is the Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89726732176?pwd=d2lsMHhTRU9VcjZNVHBzZXlRSkRRQT09

Meeting ID: 897 2673 2176
Password: books

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Schedule Update (29 Sept meeting moved to Wednesday 30 Sept)

Beginning Imperfect Ideal next meeting.

Friday, September 11, 2020

Tues, Sept 15 @ 7:30 PM (MT) via Zoom

Join us to discuss Last Day on Earth by Eric Puchner.

Find it on page 202 of The Best American Short Stories - 2017

Zoom Link:

Zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89726732176?pwd=d2lsMHhTRU9VcjZNVHBzZXlRSkRRQT09

Password: books

Imagine what it might be like for a boy, one who tragically idolizes his father, to accompany his mother to the pound to have two dogs she could not care for put down. The father had left for a younger woman and left his aging hunting dogs behind.

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.