Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: June 2019

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Tues, June 25 @ 7:30 PM

We’re more likely to stare at the light in our hands than the light above. What do we lose when we lose the sky?

Please join us to discuss "Dark Science" by Omar Mouallem.

Find it on page 123 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2017.

Read it online at https://hazlitt.net/feature/dark-science

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.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Tues, June 25 @ 7:30 PM

We’re more likely to stare at the light in our hands than the light above. What do we lose when we lose the sky?

Please join us to discuss "Dark Science" by Omar Mouallem.

Find it on page 123 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2017.

Read it online at https://hazlitt.net/feature/dark-science

Friday, June 7, 2019

Tues,June 11 @ 7:30 PM

Please join us to discuss "Are We Not Men?" by T. C. Boyle.

Find it on page 11 of The Best American Short Stories -- 2017

Read it on line at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/are-we-not-men