Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Friday, August 2, 2019

Please join us to discuss

"A SMALL SACRIFICE FOR AN ENORMOUS HAPPINESS" by JAI CHAKRABARTI

Find it on page 41 of The Best American Short Stories -- 2017

Read it on line at: https://lithub.com/a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness/

Friday, July 19, 2019

Please join us to discuss "The Parks of Tomorrow" by Michelle Nijhuis.

Find it on page 131 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing -- 2017

Read it on line at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/12/national-parks-climate-change-rising-sea-weather/

Friday, July 5, 2019

Please join us to discuss "God's Work" by Kevin Canty.

Find it on page 28 of The Best American Short Stories -- 2017

Read it on line or listen to the author read his story at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/gods-work

Thursday, June 20, 2019

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

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

Why that title?

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

Friday, May 10, 2019

How much do the Santa Ana winds affect us, and how much are we affecting them?

Please join us to discuss "Something Uneasy in the L.A. Air" by Adrian Glick Kudler.
Find it on page 115 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2017
Find it on line at: https://la.curbed.com/2016/4/6/11350250/santa-ana-wind-weather-health

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.