Great Books Discussion Group (Virtual)

Fridays @ 10AM on Zoom

December 1 through April 26

Read and discuss classic short works with fellow intellectuals from around the country. Registration required. The Zoom ID/password will be sent via email with your registration confirmation.

The selections to be discussed are widely available from three sources:

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, Edited by Tobias Wolff,  referenced as VB.

Great Short Stories of the Masters, Charles Neider, Editor, referenced as GSS.

Found on the Internet are referenced as INT.

2024 Reading List:

Jan. 5, 2024

Full Text of Professor Bernhardt; A Comedy, Internet Archive,

Arthur Schnitzler

Scott Bradfield, The Darling, P.69, Wolff

True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, P.39, Neider,

Daniel Defoe

Jan. 12, 2024

Love in the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Narod-ru, Internet

Home, Jane Phillips, P.410, Wolff

Champion, Ring Lardner, Blogger, Internet

Jan. 19, 2024

Joseph Conrad, An Anarchist, The Short Story Project, Internet

Kate Braverman, Tall Tales From the Mekong Delta, P. 89, Wolff

Youth is Beautiful, Hermann Hesse, Prospero's Isle, Internet

Jan. 26, 2024

Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat, Fountainhead Press, Internet

Chopin in Winter, Stuart Dybek, P.141, Wolff

The Unknown Masterpiece, Honore' de Balzac, Prospero's Isle, Internet

Feb. 2, 2024

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,

Raymond Carver, tnsatlantic.org, INT.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank,

Nathan Englander, Writer's Village University. INT.

Savannah -La- Mar, Thomas De Quincey, P. 48, GSS.

Feb. 9, 2024

Maxim Gorky, One Autuum Night, American Liturature.com. INT.

Edward D. Jones, The First Day, Wolff, P.286.

My Mother, Andre Gide, GSS, P.99.

Feb. 16,2024

D.H. Lawrence, The Blind Man, Weber State University, INT.

That in Aleppo Once, Vladimir Nabokov, Mass. Inst of Tech. INT.

Mart Gaitskill, A Romantic Weekend, Wolff, P. 185.

Feb. 23, 2024

John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums, Literary Fictions.com, INT.

Every Day Use, Alice Walker, Harpers Magazine, INT.

Richard Ford, Rock Springs, Wolff, P.162.

March 1, 2024

Solange, Alexander Dumas, New Musicals.Inc, INT

A Tale of Olden Time, Heinrich, GSS, P. 116

Amy Tan, Rules of the Game, Wolff, P. 497

March 8, 2024

Jack London, By the Turtles of Tasman, INT

Minor Heroism, Allen Gurganus, Wolff, P. 207

The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller, GSS, P. 73

March 15, 2024

Sea Oak, George Saunders, Barcelona Review, INT

The History of Krakatuk,  E.T.A. Hoffmann, GSS, P. 152

Aunt Granny Lith, Chris Offutt, Wolff, P. 385

March 22, 2024

Willa Cather, Eric Hermannson’s Soul, University of Nebraska INT

Emergency, Dennis Johnson, Wolff, P274

The Disabled Soldier, Oliver Goldsmith, GSS, P. 103