Welcome to the 38th 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)