Month: May 2023

For Tuesday, May 16, let’s talk about Junot Diaz’s short story – – “Monstro.”  You can read or download the story here.

And, don’t forget, your bug-out bag is due on Thursday, May 18, by noon!

For Tuesday, check out our final project – – “My Bug-out Bag.”  Bring some ideas about which items you might consider adding to your bug-out bag to class.

For Thursday (May 4), consider the following.  In response to the Old Man/Abidugun’s complaint that “It is all lost,” the narrator of The Strange Bird comments: “Yet what had been lost? The old world had been no better for the Strange Bird’s kind than the new. Just different” (34).  I think this quote points to at least one tension central to post-apocalyptic fiction: what is the best way to think about the relation between old, “normal” days and the current post-apocalyptic times – -as tragedy? as a rupture or continuity? as divine revelation? as possibility?  Think about the narrator’s comment and write (around 250 words) about which text(s) that we’ve read would most likely agree with the narrator and/or which text(s) would disagree.  Add this to your google writing platform.  Try to finish this up by Tuesday, May 9.