Let’s finish talking about Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town. As you listen to the album again, think about the meaning of “darkness” and all its variants on the album. (Here’s a handy link to the album lyrics.)
Also, take a look at the page describing your final assignment. Bring questions to class.
Let’s talk some more about Sleep Dealer. For Wed.’s class, think about the connections you see between Rivera’s movie and the books and poems etc. that we’ve read so far in class.
Let’s continue on in Phil Levine’s What Work Is. Read the third part of the collection, the sequence of poems titled “Burned.”
I’d like to focus or start with two questions about Levine’s poetry: What is the “message from the kingdom of fire” in the title poem, “What Work Is”? And, after reading the “Burned” sequence, what does it mean to “burn” or be “burned” in Levine’s poems?
Let’s start Phil Levine’s collection, What Work Is. Read the first section of poems (pp 1 – 19), i.e. “Fear and Fame,” “Coming Close,” etc.
“Ella Watson,” Gordon Parks, 1942
Let’s finish reading/discussing Blanche on the Lam.
Let’s read the first seven chapters of Blanche on the Lam.
Also, don’t forget to check out our Palookaville assignment and bring questions to class.
For Wed., let’s read three more Gilb stories from The Magic of Blood: “Romero’s Shirt,” “Photographs Near a Rolls Royce,” and “Truck.”
Let’s continue dipping into Dagoberto Gilb’s The Magic of Blood. For Monday, read the following stories: “The Magic of Blood,” “Al, in Phoenix,” “Love in L.A.,” “Ballad,” “Franklin Delano Roosevelt Was a Democrat,” and “Hollywood!”.
