Wednesday, June 2, 2010
What We're Reading This Month: New and Old Short Stories
Posted by Tiffany Kelly
It's short story month at 826LA; at both of our book clubs for our outstanding volunteers and neighbors, we're reading story collections. At West, we're reading Wells Tower's first book "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned," which released last year, and at East, we're exploring some of Flannery O'Connor's illuminating stories, including "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
Want to join us? We promise not to chastise you for not finishing the stories, and we welcome all opinions and discussion topics.
See below for the details, and start reading!
DETAILS:
826LA East Book Club
Reading: Short stories by Flannery O'Connor. We'll be talking about five stories in particular:
"A Good Man is Hard to Find", "Good Country People", "Everything that Rises Must Converge", "Parker's Back", and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."
Where to buy:
You can go to Skylight Books and buy "The Complete Stories" for 15% off if you want to read all of her stories, or read the five we're discussing. (Or a couple of the one's we're discussing).
If you don't want to purchase the book, you can look for it at the library or read the stories online. All five are available on the Internet for free, and we have included the links for your convenience!
Everything that Rises Must Converge
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: 826LA East
Street: 1714 W. Sunset Blvd.
City/Town: Echo Park, CA
Feel free to bring your own spirits and refreshments.
RSVP By email: zoe@826la.org or By Facebook.
826LA West Book Club
Reading: "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned" by Wells Tower.
You may read the whole book, the title story, or a few of your favorites. That is the genius with short story collections. You may also wear a viking hat (not to be confused with Minnesota Vikings) to enhance discussions of the characters in the book.
Get 20% off this book at Book Soup. Just mention our 826LA West Book Club. Book Soup-West Hollywood
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: 826LA West
Street: 685 Venice Blvd.
City/Town: Venice, CA
You may BYOB.
RSVP By email: zoe@826la.org or By Facebook.
