Literary Classics Book Club

Please note: The previously scheduled series of 3 meetings is being consolidated into this single meeting.

In this meeting we will be discussing the career and works of Mavis Gallant, the great Canadian short story writer. As the meeting date approaches, participants can suggest specific stories or other materials to be discussed at each meeting.

Below are some links to Mavis Gallant materials available onine:

• Canadian Broadcast Corporation archives: https://tinyurl.com/3mmj47f5
• The Paris Review: https://tinyurl.com/3mr3reb2
• "Mavis Gallant on her work" (book) https://tinyurl.com/4r7ss6kp

Someone suggested that we schedule another happy hour at Clem's.

We've picked two amusing stories to discuss. The first is A Toast to Captain Jerk, a short story by Russell Maloney that first appeared in The New Yorker on September 30, 1939 . The second story is The Eyes Have It, a short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in Science Fiction Stories on June 1, 1953.

I can provide links to copies of both stories to members who RSVP for the meeting.

Hope you can join us!