White Plains Public Library
Fall Book Discussion Series ~ 2006

You've got to read this!

Join us as we explore these intriguing short stories from the acclaimed anthology
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce
Stories that Held Them in Awe (HarperCollins, 1994)

Wednesdays 2:30 - 4:30 pm, repeated 7:00 – 9:00 pm

September 27

"Cathedral" by Raymond Carver
"Greatness Strikes Where it Pleases" by Lars Gustafsson
"The Interview" by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

October 11

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
"Helping" by Robert Stone

October 25

"Master and Man" by Leo Tolstoy

November 8

"The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield
"The School" by Donald Barthelme
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" by Leslie Marmon Silko

November 29

"Labor Day Dinner" by Alice Munro
"The Dead" by James Joyce

Limited copies of the anthology are available for loan at the Reference Desk, with a copy kept on
reserve for reading in the Library. You may also purchase the book at the City
Center Barnes & Noble (397-2420) with a 20% discount for book group participants.

We encourage evening attendance as classes are less full. Although switching times is
permitted, we ask that you register for day or evening sessions by contacting Program
Librarian Barbara Wenglin by e-mail bwenglin@whiteplainslibrary.org or phone (422-1486)

We look forward to your participation!

100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
422-1480 www.whiteplainslibrary.org