Readings and Responsibilities                                                      Workshop Day

Week 1                                                                       

1/22

Introductions.  Syllabus.  Defining the Memoir.  Handouts.

 

 

 

Week 2

1/29

 

 

Week 3           

2/5

  • Susan Sontag's "Read, Write, Rewrite (e-reserve)

  • Grealy's AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE

  • Reading Response

 

 

Week 4

2/12
  • Gornick's FIERCE ATTACHMENTS
  • Reading Response
  • Smiley:  What Stories Teach Their Writers:  The Purpose and Practice of Revision (e-reserve)
  • Daniel Chacon reads at Jonson Gallery

 

 

Week 5

2/19

First Workshop (4)*

  

 

Week 6                                                           

2/26

First Workshop (4)

 

 

Week 7

3/4

  • Galvin's THE MEADOW

  • Reading Response

 

  

 

Week 8

3/11

 

First Workshop (4)

                                                                         

 

Week 9

3/18

Spring Break

 

                                                                                                    

Week 10

3/25

  • Wolfe's IN PHAROAH'S ARMY

  • Reading Response

 

 

 

Week 11

4/1

  • Dan Stolar's "City Map" (e-reserve)

  • Reading Response

  • Dan Stolar visits.  Reads at Jonson Gallery

 

 

 

Week 12

4/8

  

Second Workshop (4)

 

 

Week 13

4/15

 

Second Workshop (4)

 

 

Week 14

4/22

  •  Nafisi's READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN

  • Reading Response

  • Denise Chavez reads at NHCC

 

 

 

Week 15

4/29

 

Second Workshop (4)

 

 

Week 16

5/6

  •  Crew's AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PLACE

  • Reading Response

 

 

 

Week 17

5/12**

 Party at My House

Revision Due

 

 

*Indicates number of student drafts to be workshopped that day.

 

Note #1:  Readings and writing assignments are due on the date listed