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Faithful Readers: Reading List 2008-2009

September 11: The Madhouse Nudes by Robert Schultz

In September, we will start at 6:30 with a potluck. Bring a salad or a main dish. Dessert will be provided.

October 9: “Landslide” and “The Virgin’s Heart” in The Best Christian Short Stories edited by Bret Lott

November 13: A Song for Nettie Johnson by Gloria Sawai

December: No meeting. Merry Christmas!

January 8: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walt Wangerin, Jr.

February 12: “Dosie, of Killakeet Island” and “Ax of the Apostles” (in October’s book)

March 12: Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

April 2: Maus I by Art Spiegelman
NOTE: This the first Thursday of the month, since the second Thursday is during Holy Week.

May 14: “Resolved” and “An Evening on the Cusp of the Apocalypse” (in October’s book)

We will have our third annual end-of-the-year potluck, starting at 6:30. Bring a main dish or salad; dessert will be provided.

The books we will read in September, November, and January are from the Lutheran Book Club selections.

The April book is a 1992 Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the holocaust.

NOTE: all books are available at the St. Paul Book Corner at a discount. The short stories we will read in October, February, and May are from the same book we used in 2007/2008, The Best Christian Short Stories.

QUESTIONS? Contact Katie Hanson at 794-7677 or email

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