by Renee Paolino | Oct 12, 2023 | Announcements
This Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 p.m. will be our first ever discussion of works of Edgar Allan Poe. The short stories are The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter — two very different stories with the same pair of protagonists. We can trace some of the...
by Renee Paolino | Oct 5, 2023 | Announcements, Blog
Great Books is a conversation; it is not a lecture. I’ve seemed to have forgotten that fact. For at least the last 20 years, I have allowed the sessions of Great Books of Greater Cleveland to open with a mini lecture comprising background information on the writer and...
by Renee Paolino | Sep 19, 2023 | Announcements, Blog
In two weeks we gather together (in-person or virtually) to discuss the epic novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. This mid-nineteenth century adventure story is incredibly long and detailed. So many characters! I would argue that the plot itself is...
by Renee Paolino | Jun 19, 2023 | Announcements
Summer will fly by, as it always manages to do. We have a lengthy novel to read for our October 3rd Great Books meeting. Pick up The Count of Monte Cristo and start reading! As I recently told a GB member, I am unapologetically smitten with the Count. This was not...
by Renee Paolino | May 18, 2023 | Announcements
We closed out a grand year of lively discussions covering a myriad of subjects. Great Books 77 is ended. Now it is time to look forward, to tackle the novel slated for the opening meeting of Great Books 78 (2023-24). On October 3, 2023, we will meet for a conversation...
by Renee Paolino | Apr 25, 2023 | Announcements
This is it, folks: our very last conversation of Great Books Year 77 (2022-2023). We will be discussing Les Blancs, the remarkable play by the remarkable but short-lived playwright, Lorraine Hansberry. Hansberry tackles racism and colonialism head on. Let’s do the...
