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Friday, August 18, 2017

Aug 22: The Lost World by Elizabeth Kolber

Are humans causing the next mass extinction?

Join us to discuss The Lost World by Elizabeth Kolbert. Find it on page 135 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Read it in two parts at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/the-lost-world-2 and http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-lost-world-3

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Aug 8: Diógenes by Pablo Helguera

Join us to discuss Diógenes by Pablo Helguera.

Find it on page 219 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

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

Friday, July 21, 2017

July 25: Two short Essays: Danger! Mission to Mars & The Return of Measles

Join us to discuss two short essays:

1: Danger! The Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death! by Maggie Koerth-Baker. Find it on page 131 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Read it at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/danger-this-mission-to-mars-could-bore-you-to-death.html

2: The Return of Measles by Seth Mnookin. Find it on page 199 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Read this essay at https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/09/28/true-cost-not-vaccinating-the-return-measles/4PBenymtmf0CE9WOT1FUWI/story.html

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, July 7, 2017

July 11 @ 7:30 PM: San Juan - Atlanta - Detroit

Join us to discuss SJU─ATL─DTW (San Juan - Atlanta - Detroit) by Lawrence Fountain-Stokes. Find it on page 211 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

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Friday, June 23, 2017

June 27 @ 7:30 PM: Where it Begins by Barbara Kingsolver

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss Where it Begins by Barbara Kingsolver. Find it on page 125 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Red it at https://orionmagazine.org/article/where-it-begins/

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Friday, June 9, 2017

13 June @ 7:30 PM: Home Safe

Join us to discuss Home Safe by Emma Ruby-Sachs. Find it on page 205 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

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Friday, June 2, 2017

June 6 @ 7:30 PM - When Animals Mourn

Join Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books to discuss When Animals Mourn by Barbara J King. Find it on page 115 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

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Contact me if you want a PDF of this article -- July 2013, Scientific American.

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.