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BEING ELIZABETH BENNET By Emma Webster Campbell

Posted on April 8, 2017

Elizabeth Bennet, as you should know, is the main character in Jane Austen’s best known book Pride and Prejudice.   Here is the setting: The year is 1800. She is 20 years old and reasonably well off. Because of his … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Tarwathie

Posted on March 16, 2016

Re:  Moby Dick

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March Selection: The Voyeur

Posted on February 28, 2016

Alain Robbe-Grillet, The Voyeur, Translated from the French by Richard Howard, Grove Press, New York, 1958 The Voyeur—Discussion Points “The suspense … keeps us on tenterhooks.” NYT Book review The Voyeur first and foremost is a murder mystery. As such, … Continue reading →

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Contributions regarding “What is a Myth?”

Posted on February 9, 2015

This was a great “discussion” on email.   David and I wanted to capture it  on the website. I have tried to find and include all the contributions but, since they were in so many emails I may have missed … Continue reading →

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Orpheus, Song of Life by Anne Wroe

Posted on February 9, 2015

“Doesn’t a myth belong to everyone?” (A Visit from the Goon Squad)  Anne Wroe’s answer is an emphatic yes, but in a broader way than perhaps we expected. Here are a few things I learned from “Orpheus, The Song of … Continue reading →

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Comment on Capitalism – A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy

Posted on June 15, 2014

Thank-you Sterling for having chosen this book. I can’t say I enjoyed it, who could enjoy reading about corruption and murder? But I can say I learned quite a bit from it. I had no idea this was going on … Continue reading →

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Comments on our Discussion of The Waste Land

Posted on February 7, 2014

I originally chose The Waste Land because I had read it in college and many times after.  There was something about it that grabbed me, although I certainly could not say I “understood” it. Since we had read some poems … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth and Mordor

Posted on April 10, 2013

I grew up 10 miles from Elizabeth and drove through it many times in the 60s. It was a very ugly place. I read Lord of the Rings aloud to my sons, and pictured Mordor as a horrible ugly place. … Continue reading →

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Meeting details: “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Posted on February 9, 2012

Hi All, Our discussion of “Thinking, Fast and Slow” will be next Tuesday February 7, at Bluebeard’s coffee Cafe, 2201 6th Ave Tacoma, WA  253 272-5900. Plan arrive to do our meet and greet between 9 and 9:30am, officially discuss book between 9:30 and 11:00. Additional information … Continue reading →

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Meeting details: “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Posted on February 2, 2012

Hi All, Our discussion of “Thinking, Fast and Slow” will be next Tuesday February 7, at Bluebeard’s coffee Cafe, 2201 6th Ave Tacoma, WA  253 272-5900. Plan arrive to do our meet and greet between 9 and 9:30am, officially discuss book between 9:30 and 11:00. Additional information … Continue reading →

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