Great Short Stories Discussion Group, 28 August | Event in Keene | AllEvents

Great Short Stories Discussion Group

Keene Public Library

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Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 02:00 pm

1.5 hours

60 Winter St, Keene, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03431

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Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm (EDT)

60 Winter St, New Hampshire 03431

60 Winter St, Keene, NH 03431-3322, United States

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Great Short Stories Discussion Group
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)


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Great Short Stories Discussion Group, 28 August | Event in Keene | AllEvents
Great Short Stories Discussion Group
Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 02:00 pm