V-2nd - Group Read - Schedule

[Michael Bailey]

wait, wait, this is a life-affirming climax to the New York story
placed counter to the Bad Priest

the ambiguities and countertendencies to be explored match the
mingling of pro-life tendencies among the tendrils of Chapter 11 which
the rest of this week should reveal...


On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:46 PM, alice wellintown
<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
> We could skip it. It is the weakest chapter in the novel. Nothing much
> there that needs a good working over. We've been over why the crew is
> sick, how the cops are TV cops, window jumping, Pig on the meaning of
> Life, Keep Cool But Care, Abortion, Divorce, and all things Roman
> Catholics consider sacraments and sacred vs. all things the Profanes
> consider cheap, disposable, throw-it-away...the list includes Life,
> Human Life, Birth, and so on.
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:13 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> We're slated to chat about the not-very-amusing Chapter 12 for the next two weeks, followed by WINTER BREAK!  People can use the break time to read the first 12 chapters, if they haven't, or ski, shovel snow, party, or lapse into deep depression over the cold and dark and meaninglessness of everything (that's where I'm heading!).  We'll pick up Chapter 13 on 1/10.
>>
>> Remaining schedule:
>>
>> 1/10 - 1/23 - Chap. 13 - Heikki Raudaskoski?
>>
>> 1/24 - 2/6 - Chap. 14 - Robin
>> 2/7 - 2/20 - Chap. 15 -
>>
>> 2/21 - 3/6 - Chap. 16 - Laura
>>
>> 3/7 - 3/20 - Epilogue
>>
>> Alas, we're host-less once more for Chapter 12.  I'll be reading it today or tomorrow, and hopefully can cough up something to say about it.  Anyone else?
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>



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