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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.
FOR OCTOBER 15 and 17
On Tuesday, October 15, meet in the Heritage Room (LIB 103) to hear a speaker for Indigenous Peoples Day On Thursday, October 17, we will hear your To Market presentations. READINGS FOR OCTOBER 22
Please read the following and write your response.
https://americanshortfiction.org/bruise-size-shape-door-handle/americanshortfiction.org/bruise-size-shape-door-handle/
READINGS FOR OCTOBER 24 https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-slow-change-can-be-radical-change/ https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/blogs/lab-talk/2017-02-what-slow-journalism Not required but might be of interest: https://www.slow-journalism.com/long-reads/the-amazon-effect READINGS FOR OCTOBER 29
Mid-term Portfolios Due Choose 2-3 poems from this site: www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/142010/halloween-poems READINGS FOR OCTOBER 31
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READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 5
1.Bring your proposal for the capstone to share 2. Please read the following political poems. Write a response (or a political poem of your own) “Let America Be America Again” “Election Year” “America” chose a couple here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/144562/political-poems READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 12
Please read the following and write a response:
www.noemamag.com/what-ai-teaches-us-about-good-writing/
READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 14-
Find a poem from The Bridge (linked here).
You could also look at Brutal Imagination below. Note: this is long as we discussed.
If you are interested, here are some of your professor's poems:
READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 19 Please bring in a copy of your capstone to share--bring whatever you have. Please read the following and write your response orionmagazine.org/article/on-hope/ www.thisisthoughtful.com/3263/street-light (a photo essay)
READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 26
Please read the excerpt from Coombs book and write a response.
NO CLASS NOVEMBER 28
READINGS FOR DECEMBER
If you are interested, The Racial Equity and Justice Summit is taking place on December 3 in RSU. I am presentating with two colleagues on Indigenizing Campus at 9:30 in the Demo Room (2nd floor). DECEMBER 3--Please bring in your capstone draft to review with your peers. Also bring in ideas/draft of your zine to share. Zine Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpDDby0bw74 Digital Zine: www.flipsnack.com/ezine DECEMBER 5--work on book presentations and any other catch-up projects. DECEMBER 18--Final Portfolio
The final portfolio will contain an Introduction, a short description of your book, your zine, and your Capstone Project, and your Next Steps submission as well as a selection of informal writing (i.e. one-pagers, in-class writing activities, and selections from your Writer’s Notebook). The Introduction to the Final Portfolio for this class will, in a cohesive essay discuss the successes and setbacks you have met in working on your Capstone Project; demonstrate your understanding of the assumptions and theories which define the genre(s) in which you are writing, and the rhetorical characteristics and aims of the genre(s); demonstrate your understanding of the professional field you wish to pursue by explaining how your writing within this course helps you prepare for your future career goals; discuss how the informal writing you’ve included trace your development as a writer this semester. Discuss what comes next for you as a writer. Finally, reflect a bit on the course and how it worked for you. ADDITIONAL READINGS YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING
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/
“Hall of Small Mammals”
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 Jacobs https:// www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/renewing-the-university
"A Sheltered Woman" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/10/a-sheltered-woman
https://orionmagazine.org/article/reading-in-the-dark/
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