Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: January 2023

Friday, January 20, 2023

Tues, Jan 24 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Join us to discuss Rahawa Haile’s Sidra (in 12 Movements).

Find it on page 28 of The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America.

Here is our latest, corrected schedule:

Friday, January 6, 2023

Gaiman stories: Tues, Jan10 @ 7:30 PM [MT] via Zoom

Please join us to discuss two Neil Gaiman short stories:

"And Weep, Like Alexander" -- page 169
Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale -- page 206

Both are in Trigger Warning: Short Fictions & Disturbances – Neil Gaiman

Topic: Michael Levin's Great Books Zoom Meeting

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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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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.
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