Howl (For Tuesday)

If you haven't finished "Of Mice and Men," please do so for Tuesday. And read "Howl"!  We'll be discussing the Beats on Tuesday.

I know that we are dragging a tiny bit behind, but keep to the reading schedule.  We'll catch up.

"Howl"

"Of Mice and Men"

Here is the link to the reading for Thursday.  I HOPE that you'll all find it a fairly quick read. 

For Tuesday

Very light reading, so read carefully:

"Travelling Through the Dark"

"Fifteen"

The following can be found here:

"Ask Me"

"A Story that Could be True"

"Easter Morning"

 

Ken Kesey

I'll give a little presentation on Kesey during Thursday's class, but if you find that you MUST know more, here are a couple of links:

Kesey's Website (maintained since his death by family/friends)

An interview with Kesey (so that you can get a sense of what he was like!)

IMDB page for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Presentation Dates/Partners

As of today, here are the presentation dates and partner names.  We'll take a few minutes during Thursday's class to check in with partners, exchange contact information, and make preliminary plans.

Tuesday, April 19:  Sawyer and Hannah (Ursula K. LeGuin)
Tuesday, April 19:  Ryan and Chris (Sherman Alexie)

Thursday, April 21:  Austin and Kevin (Raymond Chandler)

Tuesday, April 26:  Halsey and Keona (Jack Kerouac)
Tuesday, April 26:  Matt (Gary Snyder)

Tuesday, May 3:  Emily (Sandra Cisneros)
Tuesday, May 3:  Davis (Sam Shepard)

Thursday, May 5:  Renae and Mackenzie (David Foster Wallace)
Thursday, May 5:  Dorothy and Ariel (Kurt Vonnegut)

Tuesday, May 10:  Christie and Nick (Gwendolyn Brooks)

Tuesday, May 17:  Isaac (William Faulkner)

Thursday, May 19:  Caitlin (Tennessee Williams)

Tuesday, May 24:  Ruby (Zora Neale Hurston)

Thursday, May 26:  Katie and Mariya (Dorothy Parker)
Thursday, May 26:  Justin Huskey (James Baldwin)

Tuesday, May 31:  Jozlynn and Krystle (Elizabeth Bishop)

Thursday, June 2: Amber and Jake (Gertrude Stein)

You guys dissed Ernest Hemingway (HEMINGWAY?!?!  Seriously?) and Langston Hughes, so I'll fill in at the end of the term---unless anyone wants to do a second presentation (no paper) for some extra credit.  Let me know if you are interested.