August 2009, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Our next meeting will be August 28, 2009 at 07:00 P.M. We will meet at the Plaza Branch Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO

We will be discussing Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. This will be the third of our planned three meetings on the book. Pick your favorite poem and share it with the group. It may appear that we are stuck in a rut of Whitman's free verse. Well, it's summer time and things move slowly in the summer and that includes our group.

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July 2009 Selection, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Our next meeting will be July 31, 2009 at 07:00 P.M. We will meet at the Plaza Branch Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO

We will be discussing Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. This will be the second of our planned three meetings on the book. Pick your favorite poem and share it with the group.

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June 2009 Selection: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The book for our June meeting is Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

We will meet at the Plaza Branch Library, in the small meeting room, at 7:00 p.m. on June 26, 2009. The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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May 2009 Selection: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The book for our May meeting is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

We will meet at the Plaza Branch Library, in the small meeting room, at 7:00 p.m. on May 29, 2009.  The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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April 2009 Selection: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The book for our April meeting is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

We will meet at the Plaza Branch Library, in the small meeting room, at 7:00 p.m. on April 24, 2009.  The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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March 2009 Selection: The Book of Job (from the Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures)

Our book for our March meeting is Job (from the Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures).

We will meet at the Plaza Library, in the small meeting room, at 7:00 p.m. on March 27, 2009.  The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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Planned Schedule For 2009

Here is the list of dates and books planned for the Great books KC Group for the coming year:

Jan 30: Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

Feb 27: The Iliad by Homer

March 27: Job from the Bible

April 24: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

May 29: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

June 26, July 31 and August 28: Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

September 25: In A Grove, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

October 30: King Lear, by Shakespeare

December 4: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

We hope this planned schedule will enable our members to plan ahead, and perhaps pick and choose which books to read.

February 2009 Selection: The Iliad, Homer

Our book for our February meeting is The Iliad by Homer.

We will meet at the Plaza Library, in the small meeting room, at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. All are welcome. The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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January 2009 Selection: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Our first book of the new year will be Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.

We will meet at the Plaza Library, in the small meeting room, at 7pm on January 30th. All are welcome.

The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

All those who love books and learning more about them welcome and encouraged to attend.

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November/December 2008 Selection, Prometheus Bound

Our final book of the year will be Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus.

We will meet at the Plaza Library, in the small meeting room, at 7pm on December 5th. All are welcome.

The library is located at 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.

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