Readings and Responsibilities                                                      

Week 1       

 

8/26

Syllabus.  Introductions.  Discuss Jennifer Schaller's "Super Prego" & Dana Salvador's "After the Harvest"

Lisa, Linda, Christina distribute

 

 

Week 2

 

9/2
  • Read:  "The Treadmill Journal"
  • Read:  "Essayists on the Essay"
  • Read: Gornick's "The Situation & The Story"

  • Read:  Workshops  (website handout)

  • Read:  Peer Response  (website handout)

  • Workshop:  Lisa, Linda, Christina

  • Write: Peer Responses

4-6 distribute

 

 

Week 3     

 

9/9

  • Read:  Philip Lopate's "Reflection & Retrospection"

  • Read:  Lopate's "Writing Personal Essays:  On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character"

  • Read: Charles Baxter's "Dysfunctional Narratives"
  • Workshop:  4-6
7-10 distribute

 

     

 

Week 4

 

9/16

  • Read:  An Interview with Jane Smiley 

  • Read:  Jane Smiley:  What Stories Teach Their Writers:  The Purpose and Practice of Revision

  • Read: Offutt's "The Eleventh Draft"
  • Read:  Revising for the Middle Draft  (website handout)
  • Read:  Stephen Koch's "Working & Reworking:  Early Drafts & the Techniques of Revision" 
  • Workshop: 7-10
11-14 distribute

 

 

 

Week 5

 

9/23
  • Read:  Susan Sontag's "Read, Write, Rewrite"
  • Read:  Barth's "Incremental Perturbation"
  • Workshop: 11-14  
 1-3 distribute second draft

 

 

Week 6      

 

9/30
  • Read: Tim O'Brien's "The Magic Show"
  • Workshop: 1-3
4-6 distribute second draft

 

 

 

Week 7

 

10/7
  • Read: Madison Smartt Bell's "Modular Design" & "Linear Design"
  • Workshop: 4-6
7-10 distribute second draft

 

 

Week 8

 

10/14
  • Workshop: 7-10
11-14 distribute second draft

 

                                                                          

Week 9

 

10/21 Workshop 11-14 1-3 distribute 2nd essay: first draft

 

                                                                                           

Week 10

 

10/28 Workshop 1-3 4-7 distribute 2nd essay: first draft

 

 

Week 11

 

11/4 Workshop 4-7 8-10 distribute 2nd essay: first draft

 

 

Week 12

 

11/11 Workshop 8-10 11-14 distribute 2nd essay: first draft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 13

 

11/18 Workshop 11-14 1-4 distribute 2nd essay: 2nd draft

 

 

Week 14

 

11/25 Workshop 1-4 5-9 distribute 2nd essay: 2nd draft

 

 

Week 15

 

12/2 Workshop 5-9 10-14 distribute 2nd essay: 2nd draft

 

 

 

Week 16

 

12/9 Workshop 10-14  

 

 

Week 17

 

12/16

  • Party at My House 5:30  Potluck & Bookswap

  • Treadmill Journal Due (Bring to party & show it to me.)

  • Your Choice of Best Essay from Literary Magazine Due (14 copies)

  • 6 envelopes with Essay Submission Due