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Here are some good resources to help you think about your writing:
READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 5--PLEASE READ BEFORE CLASS!
FOR SEPTEMBER 10
We will meet in the Small Ballroom for the English Department Open House (see flyer below).
Revise in-class writing "Why I Write" to hand in (2-3 pages) and give that to me at the open house. You should also come with a list of 2-3 novels you would like to suggest to your group. We will all go outside the ballroom to determine groups and novels around 1:30.
FOR SEPTEMBER 12
Please read "The Garden of Time" and look at the images of the 2024 MET Gala www.gettyimages.com/photos/met-gala-2024 which used the short story as its theme. Write a response and bring to class.
ALSO: Bring a clean copy of the piece you will use for the RRR Project.
READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 16
Read and write a response to the pieces below. Also write your RRR proposal.
RRR PROPOSAL--Please use the guide from the syllabus (p 5) and repeated here:
In the proposal, please include the following sections: Revisit: Introduce me to the piece you are choosing for this project, discuss why you have chosen it, and tell me some background on this piece – When did you write it? For what context? Who is your target audience? What are your ultimate goals for this project? Do you plan to publish it, do a public reading, or present it to an employer or graduate program? What kind of revision process has it gone through? . Rethink: Analyze the draft, and rethink the overall scope, focus, organization, language, and goals. What are the draft’s strengths? What do you plan to work on during revision? What will you be adding to the draft? What will you be omitting? Please mark up the draft that you are attaching to the proposal – make notes on how you see the draft as it stands and what you plan to revise. . Rewrite: Sketch out a plan for how you envision yourself rewriting this piece. Will you be doing additional research? When and how do you plan to do this? What are your writing goals for each week of this project? READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 18
Read and write a response to the pieces below. Also read the To Market Project on the Syllabus (pp 3-4). Odell https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/reading-the-rocks/ Essay Reading the Rocks
READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 24
Read and write a response to the pieces below. Make some notes for To Market to discuss with your group
House as Home (see above if the link doesn't work): https://brevitymag.com/craft-essays/writing-the-places/
https://lithub.com/jonathan/
READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 26
Read and write a response to the pieces below.
This Flash Fiction piece is not required, but may interest you:
READINGS FOR OCTOBER 1 Read your choice of a short story. Find a poem and a piece of artwork that connect to the story. Write a response remembering you need to summarize these and talk about your choices. You may find these anywhere, but I am providing some links for you to explore (double click): https://www.globesoup.net/writing-blog/the-big-list-short-stories-read-online https://www.bookbub.com/blog/free-short-stories-online https://bookriot.com/free-nonfiction-essays/ lithub.com/the-32-most-iconic-poems-in-the-english-language/ www.poetryfoundation.org/poems READINGS FOR OCTOBER 3
Please read the following and write your response.
If you can't access the NYT artilce above, here is a word version:
READINGS FOR OCTOBER 8
Please read the following and write your response.
READINGS FOR OCTOBER 10
Please read the following and write your response. STOP HERE> PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME AS I LOAD THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE. FOR NOW IGNORE ANYTHING AFTER OCTOBER 10. I WILL REMOVE THIS MESSAGE AS THE SCHEDULE IS FINISHED. THANK YOU.
On the following document, you will find links to stories and poems as well as copies of poems to read. You should just read the poems not the stories here :)
If you are interested, here are a couple of my poems:
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READINGS FOR MARCH 1
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems On the links_and_poems under February 24, please find ten poems from the suggested links. You may also find poems in the last two issues of The Bridge (linked here).
You could also look at Brutal Imagination below:
If you are interested, here are some of professor's poems:
MARCH 7-11 IS SPRING BREAK--ENJOY AND BE SAFE!
READINGS FOR MARCH 15
Slow Journalism https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/blogs/lab-talk/2017-02-what-slow-journalism/
McWilliams https://theamericanscholar.org/saving-the-self-in-the-age-of-the-selfie/#.Wm-Coa6nHX4
Sorgaz https://www.wired.com/2016/04/the-internet-really-has-changed-everything-heres-the-proof/#.u3w35p5ej READINGS FOR MARCH 22
MID-TERM PORTFOLIOS DUE
Jacobs https:// www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/renewing-the-university
READINGS FOR MARCH 29
https://orionmagazine.org/article/reading-in-the-dark/ http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html READINGS FOR APRIL 5
https://lithub.com/robin-wall-kimmerer-greed-does-not-have-to-define-our-relationship-to-land/lithub.com/robin-wall-kimmerer-greed-does-not-have-to-define-our-relationship-to-land/
https://theweeklings.com/ewashuta/2014/09/04/pocahontas/ Write a short review of your novel
Begin Professional Interview Presentations READINGS FOR APRIL 12
Bring in you drafts/notes of capstone project to share
APRIL 26
ADDITIONAL READINGS YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING
“Hall of Small Mammals”
"A Sheltered Woman" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/10/a-sheltered-woman
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