Next Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 21
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Where: Beth Emet
In our last meeting…
…we discussed the story “The Rocking Horse Winner” by the English author D. H. Lawrence.
Our next meeting…
…will be Tuesday, January 21, at Beth Emet at 1:30 as usual.
Our next story…
…is “Cordoba” by Stuart Dybek. The discussion will be led by Ed Dziedzic who found the story for us. The story is attached, below.
Some author bio. Stuart Dybek is…
…an American writer of short stories and poetry. Born in 1942 (he's about the age of many of us) to Polish American immigrant parents, Dybek grew up in the 1950s and early 1960s in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago. After graduating from St. Rita of Cascia High School in 1959, he earned an MA in literature from Loyola University, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He taught for more than 30 years at Western Michigan University, and now is Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University where he teaches in the School of Professional Studies.
Dybek is the author of four collections of short stories. Three of Dybek’s stories have been selected for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories annual editions:
“Pet Milk” in 1985 (see the link below to a beautifully filmed version of this story);
“Hot Ice” in 1989;
“Chopin in Winter” in 1990.
Dybek’s writing is known for its attention to detail, vivid imagery, and poetic language; and its themes of identity, the Polish American immigrant experience, and Chicago urban life.
In 2007 Dybek was a recipient of a MacArthur (“Genius”) Grant.
Here are videos of two interviews of Dybek, old, but still interesting:
https://www.chipublib.org/interview-with-stuart-dybek/
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-shift-shift&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-shift&hspart=shift&p=interview+of+stuart+dybek&type=0_2000_100_1000_100_241008#id=5&vid=be6f9f385818c7cfef5d36d875bced45&action=view
Highly recommended…
And here is a link that takes you to a short film beautifully produced to visualize one of Dybek’s award winning stories, “Pet Milk.” The narration is by Kate Walbert who recorded the story for The New Yorker Fiction Podcast. The printed story was published in The New Yorker in the August 4, 1984 issue and the podcast was published on August 1, 2018. The story is partly set in Evanston.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-shift-shift&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-shift&hspart=shift&p=%22Pet+Milk%22+by+stuart+Dybek&type=0_2000_100_1000_100_241008#id=2&vid=e7411e4056aa213dea7603d3fbeb7284&action=view
Please RSVP.
Phil
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Where: Beth Emet
In our last meeting…
…we discussed the story “The Rocking Horse Winner” by the English author D. H. Lawrence.
Our next meeting…
…will be Tuesday, January 21, at Beth Emet at 1:30 as usual.
Our next story…
…is “Cordoba” by Stuart Dybek. The discussion will be led by Ed Dziedzic who found the story for us. The story is attached, below.
Some author bio. Stuart Dybek is…
…an American writer of short stories and poetry. Born in 1942 (he's about the age of many of us) to Polish American immigrant parents, Dybek grew up in the 1950s and early 1960s in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago. After graduating from St. Rita of Cascia High School in 1959, he earned an MA in literature from Loyola University, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He taught for more than 30 years at Western Michigan University, and now is Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University where he teaches in the School of Professional Studies.
Dybek is the author of four collections of short stories. Three of Dybek’s stories have been selected for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories annual editions:
“Pet Milk” in 1985 (see the link below to a beautifully filmed version of this story);
“Hot Ice” in 1989;
“Chopin in Winter” in 1990.
Dybek’s writing is known for its attention to detail, vivid imagery, and poetic language; and its themes of identity, the Polish American immigrant experience, and Chicago urban life.
In 2007 Dybek was a recipient of a MacArthur (“Genius”) Grant.
Here are videos of two interviews of Dybek, old, but still interesting:
https://www.chipublib.org/interview-with-stuart-dybek/
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-shift-shift&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-shift&hspart=shift&p=interview+of+stuart+dybek&type=0_2000_100_1000_100_241008#id=5&vid=be6f9f385818c7cfef5d36d875bced45&action=view
Highly recommended…
And here is a link that takes you to a short film beautifully produced to visualize one of Dybek’s award winning stories, “Pet Milk.” The narration is by Kate Walbert who recorded the story for The New Yorker Fiction Podcast. The printed story was published in The New Yorker in the August 4, 1984 issue and the podcast was published on August 1, 2018. The story is partly set in Evanston.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-shift-shift&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-shift&hspart=shift&p=%22Pet+Milk%22+by+stuart+Dybek&type=0_2000_100_1000_100_241008#id=2&vid=e7411e4056aa213dea7603d3fbeb7284&action=view
Please RSVP.
Phil
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