Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: January 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Tues, Feb 2 @7:30 PM (Mountain) via Zoom

Join us to discuss The Era by Nana Adjei-Brenyah.

Find it on page 1 of The Best American Short Stories – 2019 Editor: Anthony Doerr.

On line: https://www.guernicamag.com/the-era/

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89726732176?pwd=d2lsMHhTRU9VcjZNVHBzZXlRSkRRQT09 Meeting ID: 897 2673 2176 Password: books

Friday, January 15, 2021

Tues, Jan 19 @7:30 PM (Mountain) via Zoom

Join us to discuss Time by Riichi Yokomitsu.

Find it on page 79 of Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Vision – Great Books Foundation.

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89726732176?pwd=d2lsMHhTRU9VcjZNVHBzZXlRSkRRQT09 Meeting ID: 897 2673 2176 Password: books

Riichi Yokomitsu

Japanese writer

Description

Riichi Yokomitsu was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer. Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi and Tō after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin, Hae and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. Wikipedia

Born: March 17, 1898, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

Died: December 30, 1947, Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan

Nationality: Japanese

Place of burial: Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan

Books: Shanghai, Machine, Love and Other Stories of Yokomitsu Riichi

Friday, January 1, 2021

Tues, Jan 5 @ 7:30 PM (Denver) + Schedule Update

Join us to discuss Famous Actor by Jess Walter. Find it as the last story (page 267) in Best American Short Stories - 2017.

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89726732176?pwd=d2lsMHhTRU9VcjZNVHBzZXlRSkRRQT09 Meeting ID: 897 2673 2176 Password: books

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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.
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