January 2019

Our stories this week represent two of the most acclaimed writers of the midwestern United States, Willa Cather (1873-1947) and Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941). Willa Cather is one of a kind, combining a strong artistic interest and sensibility with a deep love of the landscapes and people of the mid-western United...

I’ve read Stephen Crane’s more famous story, “The Open Boat,” as well as his novel The Red Badge of Courage, but I’ve never read this story before. I’ll be very interested to hear what other readers think. One thing that makes this tale challenging is the Civil War era military...

January 3, 2019: Short Story Discussion Group Reading Happy New Year!This week features Edith Wharton, who writes some of the saddest, most heart-wrenching and searingly honest stories in the English language.  One of her more upbeat characters made this comment: There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only...