Reading Club: Living on the Edge in Lucia Berlin's Stories

Do you love reading and sharing your experience with literature, but your tight schedule doesn’t allow you to join live reading club meetings?

Don’t worry because you are then in the right place. 

You can join the on-demand Reading Club on Lucia Berlin.

What does this mean?

It means you have access to a Reading Club where you’ll be able to read stories written by an amazing writer, learn about her, learn about the historical context, read other writers, watch films, and more.

When?

Whenever you want and at your own time.

After buying the literary pack, you will have access to a Google Drive shared folder with lots of reading and visual material.

What does this Reading Club include?

1. Lucia Berlin's bio.

2. Historical context - Jim Crow Laws: a file with information on racism and segregation between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

3. Three short stories from the collection A Manual for Cleaning Women. 

4. A reading guide for each story to help and guide you throughout the reading.

5. The analysis of these three stories.

6. Suggested films that deal with topics presented in the stories.

7. The following texts by Lucia Berlin:

Her short story collections A Manual for Cleaning Women (2015) and Evening in Paradise (2018).

8. The following texts by other writers:

The short story Subasta by Ecuadorian writer María Fernanda Ampuero. The English version called Auction is also available (PDF).

The short story Maternidad by Honduran writer Lety Elvir Lazo (PDF).

The short story Woman Hollering Creek by American writer Sandra Cisneros (PDF).

The novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett (epub).

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by American writer Harper Lee (epub).

The novel Go Set a Watchman by American writer Harper Lee (epub).

The novel The Cyder House Rules by American writer John Irving (epub).

The novel The House on Mango Street by American writer Sandra Cisneros (epub).

Once you buy this pack, you'll receive access to the Google Drive folder through email. Please, make sure you complete your email.

Don't miss this wonderful experience that will transport you straight to Lucia Berlin's world.

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