Third Reading for Cycle 2012-2013

Cycle: Other Voices and Other Cultures in the Contemporary American Short Story

December reading: “Luda and Milena” by Lara Vapnyar

“Short story about two older Russian women, Luda and Milena, competing for the attention of Aron, a man they meet in an E.S.L. class.”

Read it online at the New Yorker’s website.

Colloquium: Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 2:30 p.m.

Previous discussion online here! included your comments under next Peter Savaiano’s post about this short story.

See also:

http://youtu.be/7a38OE4uUMs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Vapnyar

http://www.amazon.com/Lara-Vapnyar/e/B001HCVGXK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1/187-9206391-6875553

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/10/this-week-in-fiction-lara-vapnya.html

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