I keep notes here. Most of these are related to travel, work, or books.
The Short Stories Book Club
booksgangIntroduction #
This micro-book-club meets once per month. To save time, we don't discuss books, we discuss short stories. Please read one or both of the short stories for that month and then come to the online call to discuss them.
It's private: invitation-only. I encourage you to invite anyone who you think will enjoy it. To invite them, simply share the link to this page.
How to get the book #
The The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story is widely available. My local library has several copies. It's also available as an ebook.
- 496 pages
- Published May 4, 2021 by Penguin Press
- ISBN 9781984877802 (ISBN10: 1984877801)
- ASIN 1984877801
- John Freeman (Editor)
Upcoming meetings #
December #
Which stories #
From The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story we will discuss the short stories from Raymond Carver and Lauren Groff.
Day and time #
We haven't settled on a day in Decem ber to meet. Would any of these days work?
December 20, 21, 26, 27?
Please vote which times would work for you at Crab Fit
Questions? #
My contact info is at littlefurnace.com. I will update this page by December 19 with a day and time for the meeting.
Call link for December #
The meeting platform opens in any web browser. It is a free, opensource, encrypted platform called Brave Talk.
LINK.
I encourage you to click this link now, to see how easily it works. It works on phone or desktop.
January #
From The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story we will discuss the short stories from Louise Erdrich and Stuart Dybek.
Please vote for your January days/time preference at Crab Fit
Might just use the same call link as December.