Banned Book Club "The Lottery and Other Stories" by Shirley Jackson

117 S. Pineapple Ave.,Sarasota FL 34236

25 October, 2022

Description

This monthly book club is dedicated to reading and protecting the most important and threatened books for our generation. While we'll meet in-person at our new store location at 117 S. Pineapple Ave, you can choose to join via Zoom instead. The only cost: The price of the book ($17), which includes your copy of The Lottery and Other Stories to be picked up anytime before our meeting. A deceptively simple horror tale that was first published in The New Yorker magazine on June 28, 1948, The Lottery precipitated more responses from readers than any other fiction ever published by that magazine. It stands out as one of the most famous short stories in American literary history, blowing a hole in American complacency. About The Lottery and Other Stories: The setting is a small farming village of about 300 people. It's a clear June morning, and the people of the village gradually leave their farms, kitchens, and shops for an important civic event, a lottery that has taken place annually for as long as any of them can remember. This collection unites The Lottery with 24 equally unusual short stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range - from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous - and her power as a storyteller. About Book Bans: Book bans in public schools have recurred throughout American history, and remain an issue of concern to us at Bookstore1Sarasota. Over the past year, the scope of such censorship has expanded rapidly. In response, PEN America has collated an Index of School Book Bans, offering a snapshot of the trend. The index documents decisions to ban books in school libraries and classrooms in the U.S. from July 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Check it out and join us in our efforts to protect free expression and students' first amendment rights. You can view the index here. .......................................................................... All signed up and unable to go? Please let us know! Seating is limited and there may be people on our waitlist who would like to to take your place. Please send an email to [email protected] ASAP and hopefully we'll see you next time. Click here to go to the Bookstore1Sarasota website.