Readings & Responsibilities - Revised 2/10/2011
Note: Readings are due on the date listed.
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1/18 |
Introductions. Syllabus. Eavan Boland's Lava Cameo |
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1/20 |
Demonology, Rick Moody |
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1/25 |
Werner, Jo Ann Beard |
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1/27 |
The Amish Farmer, Vance Bourjaily Reading, Richard Ford
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Week 4
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2/8 |
THE MEADOW, James Galvin In Class: Sample Reading Responses |
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2/10 |
THE MEADOW, James Galvin |
Week 5
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2/15 |
Family Furnishings, Alice Munro The Magic Show, Tim O'Brien |
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2/17 |
Cortes Island, Alice Munro An Interview with Alice Munro |
Week 6
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2/22 |
THE EMIGRANTS, W.G. Sebald |
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2/24 |
THE EMIGRANTS, W.G. Sebald |
Week 7
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3/1 |
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, Delmore Schwartz |
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3/3 |
On Keeping a Notebook, Joan Didion |
Week 8
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3/8 |
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, Tim O'Brien
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3/10 |
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, Tim O'Brien |
Week 9 Spring Break
Week 10
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3/22 |
FUN HOME, Alison Bechdel |
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3/24 |
FUN HOME, Alison Bechdel |
Week 11
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3/29 |
Biography of a Dress, Jamaica Kincaid |
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3/31 |
Borges & I, Jorge Louis Borges |
Week 12
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4/5 |
GIRL, INTERRUPTED, Susanna Kaysen |
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4/7 |
GIRL, INTERRUPTED, Susanna Kaysen |
Week 13
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4/12 |
Mr. Hunter's Grave, Joseph Mitchell |
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4/14 |
TBA |
Week 14
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4/19 |
LYING: A METAPHORICAL MEMOIR, Lauren Slater
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4/21 |
LYING: A METAPHORICAL MEMOIR, Lauren Slater |
Week 15
| 4/26 | No Name Woman, Maxine Hong Kingston
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4/28 |
TBA Any Generative Exericses (like Map Making) turned in as responses (short or long) Due |
Week 16
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5/3 |
SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW, William Maxwell |
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5/5 |
SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW, William Maxwell Paris Review Interview: William Maxwell
Craft Annotation Due
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