When
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 9:00 AM PST-to-
Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 1:00 PM PST
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John Anderson at 650-215-3772 or pjohna1939@gmail.com or Theda and Oscar Firschein at 650-854-3980 or oscarf1@earthlink.net.
32nd Annual Great Books Poetry Weekend November 11-12, 2017
Once again, the Great Books Poetry Weekend will be held at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park --- a beautiful, peaceful, enclosed ten acre site shaded by trees from all over the world. Every room has two twin beds and a private bathroom; single occupancy rooms are also available; there are no dormitory-style rooms.
As usual, we will have our Saturday evening pre-dinner wine and cheese party and an after dinner party with interactive entertainment. There will be one discussion room that is accessible without stairs.
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 20, 2017.
The price for the whole package will be: $190.00 per person (Past deadline $210.00) based on a double-occupancy room with two twin-size beds and its own bathroom. Single occupancy rooms are also available for $210.00 (Past deadline $220.00) --- i.e., your own twin bed and your own private bathroom. Commuters, those not staying over-night, will pay $140.00 (Past deadline $150.00) per person.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 3, 2017
CHECK IN: Saturday Morning, 9 AM - 9:45 AM: Coffee and Treats
SATURDAY MORNING DISCUSSIONS: 10-12 PM: ALL ABOUT LOVE: “Love After Love” by Derek Walcott; “It is Difficult to Speak of the Night” by Jack Gilbert; “Once Later” by W.S. Merwin; “VII” by Mark Strand; “To Know the Invisible” by Jack Gilbert.
LUNCH: 12 NOON - 1 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS: 1:15-3:15 : OTHER SOULS: “Becoming a Redwood” by Dana Gioia; “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver; “Trophic Cascade” by Camille Dungy; “The Bear” by Susan Mitchell; “The Angel With the Broken Wing” by Dana Gioia.
SATURDAY EVENING 5:00 PM: Pre-dinner wine and cheese party.
DINNER 6:00 PM After-dinner party 7:30 PM
SUNDAY MORNING Breakfast 8 AM – 9:30
DISCUSSION 10:00 AM to Noon: POTPOURRI: “The Garden” by Ishion Hutchinson; “Fire Burns” by William Carlos Williams; “Never Enough Time” by Andrea Hollander; “Ask Me” by William Stafford; “On the Death of a Colleague” by Stephen Dunn.
LUNCH AND FAREWELL: 12 NOON
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