Revised Calendar of Readings and Responsibilities                                                      

Week 9

 

10/21

READ: Frank Huyler's "The Cook's Son" Early and Published Draft in The American Scholar

Frank Huyler visits

Read:  Susan Sontag's "Read, Write, Rewrite"

Workshop 6-7

BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS REFLECTION DUE

1-4 distribute 1st draft, 2nd essay

 

                                                                          

Week 10

 

10/28

Read: Madison Smartt Bell's "Modular Design" & "Linear Design"
Read:  Barth's "Incremental Perturbation"

Workshop 1-4 (Jenn, Nari, Suzanne, Mike)

5-7 distribute 1st draft, 2nd essay

 

                                                                                           

Week 11

 

11/4

Read: Lydia Davis's "Remember the Van Wenegens"

Workshop 5-7 (Ty, Miriam, Elizabeth)

1-4 distribute 2nd draft, 2nd essay

 

 

Week 12

 

11/11

Read: Meredith Hall's "Shunned"

Read: Charles Baxter's "Dysfunctional Narratives"

Workshop 1-4

5-7 distribute 2nd draft, 2nd essay

 

 

Week 13

 

11/18

Read: Barbara Ehrenreich's "Welcome to Cancerland"

Tim O'Brien's "The Magic Show"

Workshop 5-7

1-4 distribute 3rd draft, 1st or 2nd essay

 

 

Week 14

 

11/25 Thanksgiving  

 

 

 

Week 15

 

12/2

Read: Tim O'Brien's "The Vietnam in Me"

Read: William Gass's "Autobiography"

Workshop 1-4

5-7 distribute 3rd draft, 1st or 2nd essay

 

 

 

Week 16

 

12/9

Read: Ian Frazier's "Bags in Trees"

Workshop 5-7

 

 

 

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 (8 copies)

  • 6 envelopes with Essay Submission Due