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coolkidsbookclub:

This is so sad, but vaguely funny. VAGUELY.

(Reblogged from coolkidsbookclub)
pachydermini: donate some money ($) to get a pdf of these stories for you to assemble into little books. View high resolution

pachydermini:

donate some money ($) to get a pdf of these stories for you to assemble into little books.

(Reblogged from pachydermini)

Huffington Post says READ TAO LIN

TODAY, the Huffington Post posted an article about Tao Lin, which is highly appropriate since my lit students are finishing SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL tomorrow. Maybe someday I’ll learn to spell “apparel” without having to try four times.

This felt appropriate for Slaughterhouse-Five— versushearts: War & Peace “We make war that we may live in peace.”-Aristotle View high resolution

This felt appropriate for Slaughterhouse-Five—

versushearts:

War & Peace

“We make war that we may live in peace.”
-Aristotle

(Reblogged from versushearts)
This is from a comic series called Books We’ve Never Read, wherein a comics artist illustrates books by their titles, rather than their content. This is his comic for SHV. View high resolution

This is from a comic series called Books We’ve Never Read, wherein a comics artist illustrates books by their titles, rather than their content. This is his comic for SHV.

EL: Final Paper Guidelines

Final  Essay

 

Final Essay (4-6 pages)

—Your final essay must discuss a literary aspect (or aspects) of at least one work from our syllabus. If you choose to write about more than one text, then they should be linked through a single subject. The paper should look at the historical and geographical context of the work and its cultural effects. It must also evaluate the text of the work from a critical reader’s standpoint.

—Do not provide a summary of the primary text or texts you are discussing; assume that your reader is familiar with the work and use examples and/or quotations from it to support your point, rather than retelling any of its plot. Please be sure that your paper seeks to prove something and has a clear, strong thesis. Please be sure to choose a topic that you can write about for 4-6 pages. PLEASE let your professor know if you have any questions about this paper.

—You must use at least three outside sources to support your critical standpoint. You can choose to write about any of the texts on the syllabus, regardless of if we have read them yet or not. You must format your paper and specifically your in-text citations (required) in APA or MLA format. Remember, anything you learn from an outside source needs an in-text citation, and all information you include should be analyzed. Your own analysis does not require an in-text citation.

PART ONE: Topic due 4/5

PART TWO: Annotated Bibliography due 4/12

—Provide an MLA or APA formatted bibliography that contains entries for your three required outside sources. Please provide 3-5 sentences for each source that explains why this source is valid and how it will help to support the point(s) you are making in your final paper.  Remember, your primary source(s), the piece or pieces of literature that you are writing about, do not count as your outside sources.

PART THREE: Final Paper due 4/26

—Your final paper must be provided to your professor via both hardcopy and email. It must be in either APA or MLA format. For refresher information on how to prepare a proper APA or MLA paper, visit the PURDUE OWL website. Email your professor for a link or with any questions. Be sure your format and especially your citations follow one of these formats. Please do not include your annotations on your references page, only the proper citations for each reference.

Your paper is due to your professor in class on April 26th.

You also must email a copy to her by the end of that day. Late papers (hard copies or email) will be deducted 5% off of their grade per day late, no exceptions.

No papers will be accepted a week after your final paper is due, no exceptions.

 


Why read? Are stories essential? Read the article “Do We Need Stories?” by Tim Parks, featured in the New York Review of Books to get some insight to many opinions on why. The Short Answer: The internet presents a deafening roar of LISTEN TO ME, and we listen. Why not listen, instead, for a small part of your day, to someone who took their time to craft something that you might learn from, instead of the constant yammering of those who postpostpost? The beauty is in the question here, though, not the answer. The Long Answer: Read the article!

Why read? Are stories essential? Read the article “Do We Need Stories?” by Tim Parks, featured in the New York Review of Books to get some insight to many opinions on why. The Short Answer: The internet presents a deafening roar of LISTEN TO ME, and we listen. Why not listen, instead, for a small part of your day, to someone who took their time to craft something that you might learn from, instead of the constant yammering of those who postpostpost? The beauty is in the question here, though, not the answer. The Long Answer: Read the article!

Adrienne Rich "Tonight No Poetry Will Serve"

Tonight No Poetry Will Serve by Adrienne Rich

Saw you walking barefoot
taking a long look
at the new moon's eyelid

later spread
sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair
asleep but not oblivious
of the unslept unsleeping
elsewhere

Tonight I think
no poetry
will serve

Syntax of rendition:

verb pilots the plane
adverb modifies action

verb force-feeds noun
submerges the subject
noun is choking
verb    disgraced    goes on doing

now diagram the sentence


2007

Article on Jezebel.com about The Hunger Games and Racism

When we read Huck Finn, we will be talking a lot about racism. This article clearly shows very sad instances of racism currently still alive in America today, as well as people’s lack of reading comprehension skills. I think it’s an appropriate read for those of you in our Lit class who have read the Hunger Games books/seen the first movie.

“B*tches in Bookshops”, based on Jay-Z/Kanye West’s “N*ggas in Paris” —

poem "present & preterit"

I had a poem up 2/23/2012 at Everyday Genius— there are some grammar references in it, which is relevant to AEG, and it’s a poem, which is relevant to Exp. Lit. Check it out if you’re interested.

Seem that Saul Williams’s “Telegram” didn’t link properly— this one should work!

EXP LIT: what to listen to

Links are on the name of each song as well as on the word “lyrics” and will lead you to a video & also a lyrics listing. Listen carefully, as we will most likely not get a chance to listen to everything during class, yet we will still be discussing each song and its relationship to poetry.

Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (1970) lyrics

Saul Williams “Telegram” (2004) lyrics

Sugar Hill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979) lyrics

Beastie Boys “The Move” (1998) lyrics (the youtube link is a live version; I’d prefer you listen to the original off the album Hello Nasty, but I can’t find the original anywhere online.)

Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy” (1994) lyrics

Jay-Z “Public Service Announcement” (2003) lyrics

Jay-Z/Kanye West “Otis” (2011) lyrics

Common feat. Jill Scott “I am Music” (2002) lyrics

**NOTE** I have not checked any of the lyrics sites for ACCURACY. People actively MIS-LISTEN very often, so please rely on your own ears over the lyrics listed, though they should provide a decent basic guide most of the time to help you to listen more closely.

Cat & Girl by Dorothy G. —> The Villanelle  View high resolution

Cat & Girl by Dorothy G. —> The Villanelle 

Amazon for Shoplifting from American & Apparel

There are 14 used and 22 new available from outsourced sellers; Amazon itself has 20 copies available. That’s more than enough for those of you that couldn’t get your hands on it to get a copy. Looks like the cheapest used is $7.12