The Heifer by Melissa Hardy

Read "The Heifer" by Melissa Hardy and join us for a discussion in the Community Room on the West side of Whole Foods.  We discuss this at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012.

This work can be found in The Best American Short Stories - 2002 on page 97.

Some questions for discussion:

• Would Aina have been happy had she stayed in Finland?
• Why does the author reflect Genesis 12 with:
  However, the idea of leaving her family and her village and everything that was familiar to her … moving to Canada and marrying Uwe Pahakka filled her brain to bursting.
  

Einstein & the Atom Bomb

Read "Chain Reaction" by Walter Isaacson and join us for a discussion Tuesday Oct 16 in the Whole Foods Tamarac Community Room.

This work can be found Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2009 on page 129.  Or read it at: chain-reaction-from-einstein-to-the-atomic-bomb.  Also read Einstein's letter to Roosevelt, Einstein's letter.

Shooting of John Roy Worth

We discussed The Shooting of John Roy Worth (by Stuart M. Kaminsky) on Oct 2, 2012.  Our basic questions was:  Why did the author end with: 

• "... Wally Czerbiak decided not to die.  And he didn’t." instead of 
•  ... Wally Czerbiak decided to live.  And he did?

Are we are all implicated in the lives of others?

Join us to discuss Puppy by Richard Ford at 7:30 PM, Tuesday, Sept 18 in the Community Room - Whole Foods - Tamarac.  Find it on page 68 of The Best American Short Stories - 2002.  Or read it online at  Puppy in the NewYorker

Question for discussion: 
Do uncomfortable, conflicted spirits … inevitably get resolved … by good will and dedication?

Treat PTSD with a video game: Virtual Iraq

Join us as we discuss Virtual Iraq by Sue Halpern on Tuesday Sept 4 at 7:30 PM in the Community Room at Whole Foods - Tamarac.

Find it on page 116 of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - 2009. 

Or read it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/19/080519fa_fact_halpern.

Schedule Update

Old Boys, Old Girls

We next discuss Old Boys, Old Girls by Edward P. Jones on Tuesday, Aug 21 at 7:30 PM in the Community Room at Whole Foods - Tamarac.

Find the reading in Best American Mystery Stories - 2005, page 80. 

This is also available on line at
New Yorker: Old Boys, Old Girls