

*W9 The Erotic as Power
Comment below with your response to Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic." Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 30, 20181 min read
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W9 - Discussion
Upload a brief summary/response of your discussion text here. Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood by James Baldwin...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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*W8 - The Weight
Post your response below! The Weight by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Mat Wenzel
Oct 23, 20181 min read
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W8 - Discussion
Post your brief summary/thoughts below! Notes from a Trip to Russia by Audre Lorde https://www.mpba.mp.br/sites/default/files/biblioteca/...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 22, 20181 min read
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*W7 (postponed until the 15th)
Please upload your response to the discussion text you selected. We will use this discussion to make meaning with our common text "How it...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 8, 20181 min read
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W6 Discussion
Post a brief summary/response on the discussion texts below. The Shadow of Young Girls in Flower from Fun Home by Alison Bechdel...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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*W6 - Two Essays about home
Read these two essays about home, and post your response below. In Wyoming by Mark Spragg https://commons.wvc.edu/ashank/engl201/ENGL%202...
Mat Wenzel
Oct 1, 20181 min read
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*W5 - The View
Read and respond to Orhan Pamuk's "The View" (it has two parts). Post your response (minimum 200 words) in the comments below.
Mat Wenzel
Sep 23, 20181 min read
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W5 - Discussion
Comment below with some brief thoughts about your assigned or selected text. Spider Woman by Burkhard Bilger https://www.newyorker.com/ma...
Mat Wenzel
Sep 22, 20181 min read
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*W4 - Dying Together
Comment below with your response/analysis of Edwidge Danticat's "Dying Together." https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a78aa5_d3ca20be025844238...
Mat Wenzel
Sep 16, 20181 min read
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W4 - Discussion
Post a brief comment about the text you selected. We will discuss these texts in class. King by Matthew Dickman...
Mat Wenzel
Sep 15, 20181 min read
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W3* On Conflict
Read Dinty Moore's chapter from Crafting the Personal Essay, "Of Conflict" and the example that follows in the next chapter (10). Your...
Mat Wenzel
Sep 7, 20181 min read
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W2* Death of Moth(s)
Comment below with your insights on these two essays with similar titles. Death of a Moth by Annie Dillard Death of the Moth by Virginia...
Mat Wenzel
Aug 30, 20181 min read
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W2 Discussion Text
Add a comment below with some brief thoughts about your assigned text from the list below Death of a Fish by Adam Gopnik...
Mat Wenzel
Aug 29, 20181 min read
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W1 Writer's Notebooks - Brief Survey
In class we divided up responsibility for reading and leading discussion on these texts. Please add your comment about your assigned text...
Mat Wenzel
Aug 26, 20181 min read
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W1* On Keeping a Notebook
Comment below with your thoughts on Joan Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook"
Mat Wenzel
Aug 26, 20181 min read
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