Elephant Seals - Tues Aug 25 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Please read Elephant Seals by Meghan Louise Wagner and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page  275 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022.

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The Sins of Others: Tues, Aug 11 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

 Please read The Sins of Others by Hector Tobar and join us for a discussion.  

The story was inspired by Kafka's The Trial and U.S. immigration detention. 

Find it on page 263 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022.

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Hector Tobar

Tues, JUne 7, 2026 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

 Please read Mr. Ashok’s Monument by Sanjena Sathian and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page 230 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022.

Read it online at https://conjunctions.com/articles/sanjena-sathian-c76/

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Here is our updated schedule:

Tues, June 23, 2026 @ 7:30 PM [MT] Via Zoom

Please read The Ghost Birds by Karen Russell and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022

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Our story references real birds: Chapman Elementary is a real school,  and the chimney is a locally famous landmark here in Portland , Oregon — the world’s largest known roost of Vaux’s swifts .

Toward the end of this video you see the birds flying into the chimney:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeEIKWIJX5U 

Tues June 9, 2026 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Please read Beyoglu Municipality Waste Mngt Orchestra by Kenan Orhan and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page 193 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022

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Tues May 12, 2026 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Please read The Meeting by Alix Ohin and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page 180 of The Best American Short Stories - 2022.

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Alix Ohin

Tues, April 21, 2026 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Please read Mbiu Dash by Okwiri Oduor and join us for a discussion.

Find it on page 167 of The Best Americah Short Stories - 2022 or read it online at:

https://granta.com/mbiu-dash-okwiri-oduor/

Contact me for the Zoom link: Levin_DePrenger@Yahoo.com

Okwiri Oduor

Okwiri Oduor (born 1988/1989) is a Kenyan writer, who won the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, ‘My Father’s Head’. In April 2014 she was named on the Hay Festival's Africa39 list of 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define trends in African literature, with her story "Rag Doll" being included in the subsequent anthology edited by Ellah Allfrey, Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara.