What we’re about
Welcome all! This is a reading club that requires a little less commitment than traditional ones (plus, short stories are great). We'll be choosing a short story collection each month and meeting to discuss it in an informal setting over beverages.
Feel free to read the entire collection or just a few stories, whatever you have time for! We can talk about individual pieces or simply the general vibe of the collection. Let's bring together readers and make some new friends :)
Upcoming events (2)
See all- July Meeting: Curtis Sittenfeld - You Think It, I'll Say ItSante Adairius Rustic Ales Oakland Arbor, Oakland, CA
Recommended Stories:
- The Prairie Wife (Available via the New Yorker here)
- A Regular Couple
- The World Has Many Butterflies
Winner of the poll for July, we'll check out this collection of stories that "pinpoints the questionable decisions, missed connections, and sometimes extraordinary coincidences that make up a life." Looking forward to seeing everyone! - Ben & Aly
For First-Timers: We recommend reading at least one story in the collection, but feel free to read as little or as much as you'd like! Discussion is open, informal, and covers the whole collection, but we try to focus on the recommended stories listed above.
About the collection:
Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her “astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers’ heads” (The Washington Post) is showcased like never before. Throughout the ten stories in You Think It, I’ll Say It, Sittenfeld upends assumptions about class, relationships, and gender roles in a nation that feels both adrift and viscerally divided.
