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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:33 PM Original message |
Can you suggest a classic American short story for the course I propose teaching seniors |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Have you thought about some of James Thurber's short stories? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Funny, as I typed the post I thought of Thurber. I LOVED his short stories. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. "The Unicorn in the Garden" is my favorite Thurber short story. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Ah, Salinger! I LOVED "for esme..." THAT was my era... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
121. We read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" when I was in high school. That was interesting. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. My suggestions: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I thought of the Bierce story because its theme is one you see every once in a while. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Alice Walker's "Everyday Use". nt |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
59. "For your grandmama"... |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. Thanks, and welcome to du! nt |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. LOL! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce and |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I know the first one but what is the second one about? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It's classic Hawthore. Here's a synopsis- |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Hawthorne is wonderful. Also, POE is a short story master. "Ligeia," "The Black Cat," etc. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. POE and choose one of Wharton's wonderful ghost stories -- "All Souls" or "The Lady Maid's Bell" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. This has given me the idea that I need to separate the classic American short story |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
118. "Roman Fever" |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
109. I agree that Poe would be an excellent addition to the curriculum. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. New England witchcraft and the Puritan mind |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Kurt Vonnegut says you're not a twerp.... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
110. Heh! |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Young Goodman Brown came to my mind too. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
111. I read it for the first time when I was in Jr High, and it has always stayed with me. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #111 |
154. I did not read it until I took a collage course. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I considered that one but liked Snows of Kilimanjaro better...dunno why. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. have you thought about Wallace Stegner? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've always liked Hawthorne's short stories |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. P.G. Wodehouse, Franz Kafka and H.P. Lovecraft. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. These sound really fascinating but I was looking for classic American stories. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. LOL. My bad. It says: 'American.' Gawsh. I flunked the course but I inspired a teacher. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
79. Hope you are OK. Don't do anything bad on my account! |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. What about The Ransom of Red Chief? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. I suggested that in response #46 downthread. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
77. Or '"The Gift of the Magi".. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. A Jury of Her Peers might work because it appeals to experience. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. oh, another good choice would be Jean Shepherd |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Oh yes, anything from In God We Trust |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. Garrison Keillor also writes in a somewhat similar vein. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. I like Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henry |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. How about "Chesapeake" by James A. Michener? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. Irwin Shaw wrote great short stories... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I like Irwin Shaw...good suggestion...nt |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. I always liked "To Build a Fire" |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Best short story that! For longer, I nominate The Iron Heel or Michael Brother of Jerry |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. This one! |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
119. +1. Loved that. Was taught that as an eighth grader in the 70s |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Eudora Welty |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Looking for another woman...great! Thanks! |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
99. Grace Paley? Here's the opening of The Used -Boy Raisers |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I give a hearty second to this recommendation, LOVE Eudora Welty. n/t |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
62. I was thinking of that story too. |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by author Ambrose Bierce |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" or "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jack London - "To Build a Fire" ntxt |
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Yunomi (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. "The Grains of Paradise" by James Street (nt) |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. All the more reason to make this into TWO courses: one for 19th and one for 20th century... |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
92. That story haunts me yet. |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #92 |
120. Herland? |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Great novel! |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's probably too long (though it excerpts well), but |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. "A Boy and His Dog" -- Harlan Ellison |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Seconded. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
96. I would also nominate "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #96 |
134. I read that in a gifted program in 3rd grade... |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. It's funny. I've met a couple of people that had encounters with Ellison. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:04 AM Response to Reply #140 |
145. And don't mention Gene Roddenberry around him... n/t |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
105. "Deathbird" by Ellison. nice and meaty short stories. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. O'Henry's The Ransom of Red Chief |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. "Turkey Season" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. Hey, another woman...good for you... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. Tobias Wolff |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Agreed...but I like "The Night in Question" the best. n/t |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. Babylon Revisited by F Scott Fitzgerald...n/t |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Story of an Hour by Chopin |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," James Baldwin's |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Dammit, janx, you beat me to it. I love Rose. :) nt |
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lovemydog (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. here's a few |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
76. Love Bartheme...so good...and a good contemporary writer... |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. May I humbly suggest some H.P. Lovecraft. nt |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
133. I love HP Lovecraft, although his unabashed racism is quite a turn-off... |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:56 AM Response to Reply #133 |
142. Racist? Lots of people had pets named "N*gger" back then. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:16 AM Response to Reply #142 |
146. It's more than that.... |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #146 |
150. Yes, "Dam Busters" is the movie Pink is watching in the movie. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #142 |
156. In the American release of the originakl film the redubbed the dogs name to Trigger. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Sorry...I ignored the classic American part in some cases. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. O. Henry, Poe and Twain. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. I really think now that I should break this into two courses: 19th and 20th century. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. That sounds like a good idea to me. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Fun, wasn't it? I had a great time dissecting "The Swimmer" by Cheever in my Master's thesis. |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #78 |
100. If you do one course that's just 20th century |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #100 |
114. Thanks, I'll make a note of that... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #78 |
106. depends, you could also pick a genre and do a chronological narrative, too. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
115. That's an interesting idea. I really don't have that option. People in ILR get a "menu" of |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. How about something a little earlier? Henry James' Turn of the Screw |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
63. Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron is always a good read. n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. The Pearl by Steinbeck seemed like it had a lot of impact and was fairly short |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Good idea! I know of the story but I have never read it. It's a good idea for a story. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. "Most Dangerous Game" is a good one. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
67. A Rose for Emily - Faulkner. But Brokeback would be wonderful, too. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Noted. Excellent ideas! Thanks... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
68. Oscar Wilde is very entertaining and well written. Example, The Remarkable Rocket: |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. Oh, and since these are adults- Droll Stories by Balzac. Okay, probably not |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. well, I thought we were doing American Classic short stories so... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. Oops! Sorry. This thread ends up as a good suggestion list for summer reading |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I know...doesn't it? Good beach reading.... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
73. Edith Wharton's "Xingu" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. OMG. I'm intimidated! Hope you are kinda kidding... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. I have a collection of Edna Ferber short stories. Seniors would love. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Please. Let me know about this. I'd be thrilled... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Sorry, One Basket-Edna Ferber. I did a search and it exists all over. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Try this to get it free. At least that is what it says. Wow. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Thank you so much! I appreciate this a lot! This is going to help me enrich this course |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
91. Two Old Women by Velma Wallis |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
94. It's a little more modern |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
95. Edgar Allan Poe - "The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
97. Stephen Crane's The Blue Hotel or The Open Boat |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
98. Might I suggest a couple from science fiction? |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
158. Oh, shit! "The Veldt"! Now THAT was a scary little story!! |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
101. A Boy and His Dog - Harlan Ellison |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
102. Please consider how old these "seniors" are - If in their 60's you need to up it a little. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
103. The Indian Uprising, by Donald Barthelme |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
104. Ambrose Bierce, Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert W. Chambers... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
107. I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #107 |
117. I recommended Tell Me a Riddle below but |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #117 |
130. That's a great choice |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
108. Cathedral - Raymond Carver. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
112. "The Child by Tiger" by Thomas Wolfe |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
113. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. Thought provoking subject for today. n/t |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
116. Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
122. Jack London and O. Henry, of course, and possibly |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
123. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:32 AM Response to Reply #123 |
148. Beat me to it. nt |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
125. Red Star, Winter Orbit |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
126. Rod Serling: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
127. Sonny's Blues: James Baldwin |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
128. The Pearl - Steinbeck nt |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
129. 'You Could Look It Up' - By James Thurber |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
131. Kick. Love all these suggestions--thanks DUers! |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
132. For more modern works, try Raymond Carver |
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OswegoAtheist (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #132 |
141. I second this. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. I'll back you up on Tim O'Brien as well! |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
135. Anything from the Illustrated Man or the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
136. The Awakening, by Kate Chopin |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
137. The genre bends toward speculative fiction, but |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
138. the bridges of madison county by rj waller / the notebook, by n. sparks n/t |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
139. This might not be what you call a "classic"... |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #139 |
147. Not familiar with that one... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #147 |
153. This story has a very liberal bent |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
143. There is a very strong story of rural farm life |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. great suggestions, as always, Saltpoint. nt |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
149. "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller |
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dawgman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
151. The Short Happy Life of Francis Maccomber |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
155. "Of Mice and Men", John Steinbeck |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
157. Is it strictly fiction or would you consider creative nonfiction? |
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