Friday, March 25, 2016

Tues, Mar 29 @ 7:30 PM - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

Join us to discuss Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders.  Find it on page 300 of Best American Short Stories – 2011
On Line: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/escape-from-spiderhead

HighPointe has been providing us with coffee and fresh baked cookies.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Tues, Mar 15 @ 7:30 PM: The City Solution

Join us to discuss The City Solution by Robert Kunzig.  Find it on page 217 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012
Find it on line at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/12/city-solutions/kunzig-text
 
HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Tues, Mar 1 @ 7:30 PM - The Call of Blood by Jess Row


We next discuss The Call of Blood by Jess Row on Tuesday, Mar 1 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe
Find it on page 276 of Best American Short Stories – 2011 
A PDF copy of The Call of Blood is available from Harvard Review.

Our host facility has been providing us with coffee and fresh baked cookies.

Friday, February 12, 2016

Attached is the updated schedule that show us finishing both our Short Story and our Science/Nature collections. 

Please think about what we should read next.  The Great American series books have worked well.  We could continue with them.  We could return to our Great Books roots.  See http://store.greatbooks.org/colleges-book-groups.html

Friday, January 29, 2016

Tues, Feb 16 @ 7:30 PM: Ill Wind by David Kirby

Join us to discuss Ill Wind by David Kirby on Tuesday, Feb 16 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe.


Ill Wind is on page 206 of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - 2012. 

Click on this link for a PDF of the article.
http://www.astralgia.com/editing/clips/chinapollution2011.pdf

Friday, January 15, 2016

Tues, Jan 19 @ 7:30 PM: To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

Please join us to discuss To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers.  Find it on page 262 of Best American Short Stories – 2011


HighPointe has been providing us with coffee and fresh baked cookies.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Jan 5 @ 7:30 PM: Crush Point by John Seabrook

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of Crush Point by John Seabrook.  Find it on page 189 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.

Our host facility, HighPointe Assisted Living has been graciously providing us with freshly baked cookies and coffee in their private dining room!