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

Friday, March 26, 2021

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

Join us to discuss The Great Interruption: The Story of a Famous Story of Old Port William and How It Ceased To Be Told (1935–1978) by Wendell Berry.

Find it on page 36 of The Best American Short Stories - 2019.

This quote from the story reminds me of extensive lists in Ulysses by James Joyce.

"What followed Billy had seen enacted by cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, dogs, housecats, chickens, turkeys, guineas, ducks, geese, pigeons, sparrows, and, by great good fortune he was sure, a pair of snakes."

Zoom Link

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Meeting ID: 897 2673 2176
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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.

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