Great Short Stories Discussion group

Welcome to the 39th year of Great Short Stories (formerly Great Books) discussion group. The group meets every other week in the Eppes room on Thursdays starting at 2:00 pm and ending about 3:30 pm. The readings are from The Best American Short Stories of the Century, ed. by John Updike and Katrina Kenison, c 1999. The library has a copy of this and can make copies of the readings for you. The first meeting is: August 28th will discuss Ernest Hemingway, "The Killers" (pp 68 - 76) and Pam Houston, "The Best Girlfriend You Never Had" (pp 769 - 788) September 11: F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Crazy Sunday" (pp 136 -152) and Annie Proulx, "The Half-Skinned Steer" (pp 754 - 768) September 25: Martha Gellhorn, "Miami-New York" (pp 264-280) and Ring Lardner, "The Golden Honeymoon" (pp 45 - 59) October 9: Flannery O'Connor, "Greenleaf" (pp 348 - 368) and Isaac Bashevis Singer, "The Key" (pp 493 - 502) October 23: Philip Roth, "Defender of the Faith" (pp 384 - 410) and Grace Stone Coates, "Wild Plums" (pp 100 - 104) November 6: Lorrie Moore, "You're Ugly Too" (pp 952 - 670) and Bernard Malamud, "The German Refugee" (pp 438 - 449) November 20: Saul Bellow, "A Silver Dish" (pp 539 - 564) and Cynthia Ozick, "The Shawl" (pp 576 - 580) December 4: Willa Cather, "Double Birthday" (pp 77 - 99) and E. B. White "The Second Tree from the Corner" (pp 281 - 285)