Four Masters of the Short Story: Bambara, Krauss, Fitzgerald, Hemingway




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ClassGraphic Short stories may be short on pages, but they span a world of people, places, and masterful authors. Toni Cade Bambara opens doors to African-American neighborhoods of 1960s Harlem and the Deep South; F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about Americans in 1920s Europe; Ernest Hemingway chronicles country boys becoming men in early 20th century America; and Nicole Krauss documents contemporary fathers, husbands, and lovers everywhere. With their universal problems and all-too-human solutions, these are people you can’t help talking about. The short story collections are: Toni Cade Bambara, Gorilla, My Love, (Vintage, 1992, ISBN 978-0679738985); Nicole Krauss, To Be a Man (Harper, 2020, ISBN 978-0063431035); F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection (Scribner, 1995, ISBN 978-0684804453); Ernest Hemingway, The Nick Adams Stories, (Scribner, 1981, ISBN 978-1439188422). Get ready for good conversation when you pull up a chair and enjoy the back-and-forth of ideas well shared.
 

Class Details

14 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
500 Davis Center

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition: 

$0.00

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Schedule Information

Skip dates: (No class on 05/25/2026)

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
3/2/2026 - 6/8/2026 Weekly - Mon 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM Evanston, 500 Davis Center  Map Margot Wallace  ; Peter Morris 

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