December Book Group: Little Literary Works

Our current exhibit in the Josephy Center is “Little Works,” all works of 10 inches on a side or less. They are all for sale and you can take them off the wall and send them away as Christmas gifts or put them on your crowded walls.

So–rather than picking a book to read in these busy holiday days, we chose some little literary works. Like with the paintings and drawings, “little” does not have to do with quality.

Read the attached “Little Literary Works” and then join us at noon on Tuesday, December 13, at the Josephy to talk about these short pieces--and others you love. We can look at and talk about the Little Art Works as well.

The four selected short stories are as follows:

1. “Short Happy Life of Frances McComber,”
   one of my Hemingway favorites;
2. “Borges and I,” by Jorge Luis Borges
   (because everyone should read a few of Borges’ very short stories–this one is one page long);
3. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omeles,”
   by the late and very great Ursula K. Le Guin;
4. “All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury,
   because I have not read Bradbury’s short stories, and DJ Lincoln and Becky at the bookstore say that I should.And a Bonus:
   
5. “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.” by William Saroyan.
   It’s the Armenian immigrants in Fresno, California, and Aram’s wonderful memories of his childhood among them.