american short stories
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “A JURY OF HER PEERS” BY SUSAN GLASPELL
We close our 2015-2016 cycle on American Women's Writing with Susan Glaspell's “A Jury of her Peers,” first published in 1917. The tale of an Iowa farmer's wife accused of murdering her husband was one Glaspell reported on as a journalist in 1900; she then wrote the play “Trifles,” first performed in 1916, as a
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “HOW TO BECOME A WRITER” BY LORRIE MOORE
This month's story, Lorrie Moore's “How to Become a Writer,” has as its ancillary title “Or, Have You Earned This Cliché?” Unpacking the title seems like a good way to start examining this wry, ironic, yet surprisingly tender little story. While it might pose as a how-to manual of sorts, written in the second person
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE FIRST SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway
This month we close the 2014-2015 Reading Club cycle with two short stories that deal with a shared set of themes: gender and language. The first story is Ernest Hemmingway's “Hills Like White Elephants,” published in 1927 and included in the Men Without Women collection. At a mere three and a quarter pages long, this
THE STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “O JOSEPH, I'M SO TIRED”
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year. We begin 2015 with Richard Yates' O Joseph, I'm So Tired, taken from his aptly titled collection Liars In Love, published in 1981. You might be familiar with Yates by way of his novels, like The Easter Parade, or perhaps Revolutionary Road, likely his most well-known work. this story
English Reading Circle Story of the Month – November 2014 Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Chiara Luis as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories online. The meetings will take place in the library one Tuesday a month from 14:30 p.m. to 15:30 p.m. from september to
New English Reading Circle Colloquium – June Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from the publication "The New Yorker" that can be read for free on the Internet on the page of said magazine. The
New English Reading Circle Colloquium – April Session
New session of the English reading club "English Reading Circle" with Peter Savaiano as moderator. To learn about contemporary American literature through the reading and discussion of short stories from the publication "The New Yorker" that can be read for free on the Internet on the page of said magazine. The