Short Story Discussion Group

Name: Short Story Discussion Group
Start: 2025-10-07T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-07T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Lancaster Public Library

Schedule

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Lancaster Public Library | Lancaster, PA

Join us on the first Tuesday of each month as we read and discuss works in the Short Story genre! From classic to contemporary, we’ll cover a variety of authors and stories to help us explore well-known works and introduce us to new favorites.
Reading List:
January 7: “What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky” and “Who Will Greet You at Home” by Lesley Nneka Arima
February 4: “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin
March 4: “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid
April 1: “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu
May 6: “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison
June 3: “Taking Care” by Joy Williams
July 1: “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich
August 5: “The Buggy” by Roddy Doyle
September 2: “No Shortage of Birds” by R.L. Maizes
October 7: “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
November 4: “The Cop and the Anthem” and “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry
December 2: “The Christmas Dance” by James McBride
For assistance finding copies of each story, please contact the library at 717-394-2651 ext. 1350 or [email protected].
Registration is encouraged but not required!