Summer Story Schedule

All three of the stories contending to be our June selection garnered considerable enthusiasm and no clear winner emerged from the voting. Indeed, a number of people expressed an interest in reading all three. I've decided that that's a fine idea. Of course, we won't discuss them all in the same month, but if we take each one up in turn, these three stories will take us through to the end of the summer. (Given the difficulty I've had in other years keeping the group running through the summer months, this is a convenient solution to a difficult choice administratively-speaking as well!) So, arranging the stories in the order in which they were nominated, our summer schedule looks like this:

June 10: Raymond Carver's "Cathedral";

July 8: Laura Bork's "Mama Loved Patsy Cline"; and,

August 12: Jackie Kay's "Wish I Was Here".

Please go ahead and post your thoughts on Carver's "Cathedral" whenever you feel ready to do so. And if there are stories that you'd like to nominate to serve as the focus of future discussions, let me know. I'll begin compiling a slate of nominations to take us through the fall months as soon as suggestions begin flowing in.

Happy reading! I'm looking forward to discussing all three of these stories over the course of the summer.

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