Course

Novelist and short story writer Lauren Groff has said that writers compose the score and readers make the music. In this discussion-focused course, we will delve into over a dozen mostly contemporary short stories of familial and marital relationships. Intimacy — sought, avoided, achieved, lost — is arguably the core work of human life, so, naturally, the central subject of great literature. The family is relational ground zero, and the short story — the novel distilled to its essence — is the ideal form for our engaged exploration.

Faculty Bio

Jacqueline Berger is professor emerita of English at Notre Dame de Namur University and is the author of five books of poetry. Winner of the Bay Area Book Award, her work has appeared in American Poetry Review and numerous other journals. 

This is a Livestreamed-Only Course

• Classes will stream live on the scheduled day and time
• They will not be recorded
• Limited to 40 members
• You must be a current OLLI @Berkeley member to register. Learn about membership, including our fee assistance program.

Schedule Highlights

• Course starts on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and ends on Tuesday, Feb. 23
• Classes meet for 6 weeks, 2 hours per session (10–noon)
• All course materials will remain available to view and enjoy in Member Dashboards through March 28