Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: October 2015

Friday, October 23, 2015

Join us to discuss Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs.
Read this on-line at Beautiful (Teenage) Brains.
Find it on page 156 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Our host facility has been providing coffee and freshly baked cookies.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Tues, Oct 13 @ 7:30 PM: Phantoms by Steven Millhauser

Join us to discuss Phantoms by Steven Millhauser on Tuesday, Oct 13 at 7:30 PM.

Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Our host facility, HighPointe has been graciously providing us with coffee and freshly baked cookies.

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.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Tues, Oct 27, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs

Friday, October 9, 2015

Tues, Oct 13 @ 7:30 PM: Phantoms by Steven Millhauser