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Summer Reading
A somewhat arbitrary but ambrosial list of summer reading possibilities for your delectation: Contemporary Fiction (mainly U.S.) Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad Matt Ruff, Mirage Mariana Enriquez, Things We Lost…
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For Monday (5/14)
On Monday, I’ll ask you to write something about DeLillo’s White Noise in class. You can use your texts. Be sure to attend!
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For Wed. (5/9)
Keep reading White Noise – – try to finish the novel. Think about this episode as you continue with the narrative: Murray Siskind and his students disagree about the meaning of car...
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For Monday (May 7)
Keep reading White Noise. On Monday, we’ll try to discuss up to the end of the “Airborne Toxic Event” section.
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For Monday (4/30)
Remember: no class on Monday. Instead, I’ll have open office hours from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stop by if you want to chat. Start reading Don DeLillo’s White Noise. You’ll...
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For Wed. (4/25)
Let’s continue discussing Ginsberg’s “Howl.”
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For Monday (4/23)
Bring any final questions you have about Quicksand. And, having happily resolved these questions, we’ll move on to Allen Ginsberg’s poem – – “Howl“!
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For Wed. (4/18)
Let’s talk about the last couple of episodes in Quicksand, i.e. finish reading the novella.
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For Monday (4/16)
Let’s read up to the end of Chapter 11 in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand.
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For Wed. (4/11)
Let’s start talking about Nella Larsen’s Quicksand. Read the first four chapters of the novella.
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For Monday (4/9)
Oh my, we spent so much time on Hughes in our last class that we didn’t get a chance to talk about Sterling Brown. Let’s remedy that on Monday. And,...