Great Short Stories Discussion group

Welcome to the 40th year of Great Short Stories (formerly Great Books) discussion group. The group meets every other week in the Eppes room on Thursdays beginning at 2:00 pm and ending at 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. Copies of the stories are available at the library reference desk upon request. All are welcome to join. For more information contact Amy Kraemer akraemer@keenenh.gov September 3 Susan Glaspell, "A Jury of Her Peers" (pp 18-37) and Harold Brodkey, "Verona: A Young Woman Speaks" (pp 533-538) September 17 John Updike, “Gesturing" (pp 565-575) and Mary Lerner, "Little Selves" (pp 7-17) October 1 Tennessee Williams, “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin” (pp 312-324) and Mary Ladd Gavell, "The Rotifer" (PP 466-476) October 15 Alice Elliott Dark, “In The Gloaming” (pp 179-210) and Benjamin Rosenblatt, "Zelig" (pp 1-6) October 29 J. F. Powers, “Death of a Favorite” (pp 295-311) and Jean Toomer, "Blood-Burning Moon" (pp 60-67) November 12 Joyce Carol Oats, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” (pp 450-461) and Vladimir Nabokov, "That in Aleppo Once . . ." (pp 241-249)