Programs/Short Story Group

New Book: *Please note this anthology selected some of the best short story writer’s of today*
The Best American Short Stories, 2019 with an introduction by Anthony Doerr author of All the Light We Cannot See
(Copies  may be purchased,

 plus, a few are available@ library’s check out desk )
Time: 1:30-3pm.
Location:  Main meeting room

Tuesday February 25th:
Introduction
(optional)

Stories to discuss:
1. “The Era” by Nana Kwame Sdjri-Brenyah
p.1
Also online:
https://www.guernicamag.com/the-era/

2. “Natural Light” by
Kathleen Alcott,
p. 19
Online :
https://www.all-story.com/volume/22/number/1

Tuesday, March 24th:
1. “The Great Interruption”… by Wendell Berry
p. 36

2. ” No More than a Bubble” by Jamel Brinkley
p. 47
Listen @YouTube:
https://youtu.be/spmkzcDmoqU

Tuesday, April 28th:
1. “The Third Tower by Deborah Eisenberg
p. 67

2. “Hellion” by Julia Elliott
p. 83

Tuesday, May 26th
1. “Bronze” by Jeffrey Eugenides
p.101

2. “Protozoa” by Ella Martinsen Gorham
p.124

Tuesday, June 23rd:
1. “Seeing Ershadi” by Nicole Krauss
p. 140

2. “Pity and Shame”
by Ursula K. Let Him
p. 154

Tuesday, July 28th:
1. “Anyone Can Do It” by Manuel Manuel Muñoz .
p. 182

2. “The Plan” by Sigrid Nunez
p. 197

Tuesday, August 25th:
1. “Letter of Apology”
by Maria Reva
p. 215

2. ” Black Corfu” by
Karen Russell
p. 230

Tuesday, September 22nd:
1. “Audition” by Said Sayrafiezadeh
p. 255

2. “Natural Disasters”
by Alexis Shaitkin
p. 271

Tuesday, October 27th:
1. “Our Day of Grace”
by Jim Shepard
p. 290

2. “Wrong Object” by
Mona Simpson
p.310

Tuesday, November 24th:
1. “They Told Us Not to Say This” by Jenn Alandy Trahan
p. 323

2. “Omakase” by Weike Wang
p. 330

Tuesday, December 22nd:
Special selections:
TBA