Next Selection: Gerard..and it's an essay!

I'm slowing getting back in the swing of things here, thanks for bearing with me! Gerard has sent me his selection for the next reading, it's an essay "Host" by David Foster Wallace. He's sent me (and I've shared it here below) the link to it, but wants you all to know that the longer version is well worth reading if you can dig up the collection "Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace.

I hope you all enjoy it! And Gerard, want to share some reflections to get us going sometime this week?

Reviving...

We seem to have fallen apart a bit at the holidays. I'd like to start up again, if possible! So, what does everyone think about just jumping back in with Ernest Hemingway's 'Cat in the Rain'? It's short and easily found, and interesting (I think!)

Do let me know if you're back in!! And, Happy Lent!

Sorry Jenna!

I'm late, but I approve too! I hadn't read it until just yesterday..Amazing.

Jenna choice is George MacDonald's The Day Boy and the Night Girl.

More comments and discussion to follow!

Next Week and Beyond..

Thanks, Charles for being so patient with the holiday slump! We have a few weeks before Christmas, and I was hoping Jenna would pick for the next discussion.

After that, so close to Christmas, we'll all probably be pretty busy, but I want to try to keep some sort of conversation alive..so I thought we could pick a movie and slowly discuss that for a few weeks..something with meat to it, but not terribly distracting, any suggestions?

Selection #4: From Charles

How about a selection from the beginning Jorge Luis Borges's Ficciones? In particular the Prologue to the first section and then the first story, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?

If that sounds like a plan, let me know. Ficciones is available in stand-alone format or as part of a big collection of Borges's Collected Fictions that was released a few years ago. I can provide a PDF of scanned pages for the selection for anyone who needs it.

(Charles will be sending me a PDF, and I'll probably just send it out to everyon - except Charlie, whose e-mail I don't have yet - feel free to fix that, Charlie, by sending me a message at cyganeria.milika@gmail.com. )

The 4th Selection goes to...

Charles!

Sorry I'm late at sharing. Charles, I know we haven't really seen you in the discussions, so if you don't have the time just let me know!

Short Story Selection #3

"The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck.  It's a part of his collection: The Long Valley. It shouldn't be to hard to find, he read it in a 'modern short story collection'.

Enjoy!

Guess who gets to pick next!

I have a collection of names to draw from..if you’d like a chance to pick the story or essay for the coming week, say ‘hi’ in the introduction section, it’s the easiest way for me to decide who has the time to check often and choose!

       This week, I let Yarrow draw the name, and she picked Seth. So here you go, honey, pick something good!

 

 

 

For next week..

Christie, I drew your name to pick our next essay or short story. If you don’t have the time, or are just way too undecided, feel free to let me know and I’ll draw again, if not, send me an e-mail or comment here with your selection, and I’ll sort of ‘officially’ post it on Monday.

And, by the way, everyone, Christie has a writing prompt set up on her blog, this month's goes through the fourth Friday of October. I think anyone here would enjoy it, so skip on by and check it out.