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Friday, January 20, 2017

Jan 24 @ 7:30 PM: The Stations of the Sun by Reese Kwon

Please join us to discuss The Stations of the Sun by Reese Kwon. Find it on page 143 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

Read it on-line at: http://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2011-sprin/selections/the-stations-of-the-sun/

HighPointe has been providing coffee and fresh baked cookies!

Friday, January 6, 2017

Jan 10 - 7:30 PM - A Race to Save the Orange by Altering its DNA

We next discuss A Race to Save the Orange by Altering its DNA by Amy Harmon. Find it on page 38 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Find it on line with lots of graphics at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/a-race-to-save-the-orange-by-altering-its-dna.html?pagewanted=all

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, December 23, 2016

2017 Schedule: Jan - May

Dec 27 @ 7:30 PM - Fischer vs. Spassky

Join us to discuss Fischer vs. Spassky by Lara Vapnyar. Find it on page 131 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
Read it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/fischer-vs-spassky

Our host facility has been providing coffee and fresh baked cookies!

Friday, December 9, 2016

Dec 13 @ 7:30 PM: What Our Telescopes Couldn’t See

We next discuss What Our Telescopes Couldn’t See by Pippa Goldschmidt. Find it on page 35 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Find it on line at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/what-our-telescopes-couldnt-see/?_r=0

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, November 25, 2016

Nov 29 @ 7:30 PM: Wal-Mart Has Plantains

Join us to discuss Wal-Mart Has Plantains by Sefi Atta. Find it on page 115 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
Our host facility has been providing coffee and fresh baked cookies!

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Nov 15 @ 7:30 PM: The Social Life of Gene

Join us to discuss The Social Life of Genes by David Dobbs. Find it on page 19 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don’t just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science of genetics.

Find it on line: https://psmag.com/the-social-life-of-genes-66f93f207143#.cfqxf2puj

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.