Author Archives: Rich
A Statement of Some Purpose
In looking for a file just now, I stumbled across this statement of purpose I wrote up for graduate school. I was accepted to Oxford and to University College London that year; and chose UCL; for the same reason that … Continue reading
Bangs & Beard Go to the Museum. Later that weekend: Men Who Brunch; A Most Uncharacteristic Peppermint Mocha.
Madison & I drift through the European wing on the second floor of the museum. Here, a little Dutch room, where I imagine myself very happy; in Het Scheepje (The Little Ship). Madison seems to much prefer the English drawing room. Would … Continue reading
And so, the Crash.
My hard drive crashed this week; or last week maybe. I have been without a computer since then; frantically checking e-mail and Facebook when/where I am able to (the zombie voices that just keep calling if not cut back; if … Continue reading
World Literature, Week 5
In my sections of World Lit this week, we’ll start looking at graphic narratives/novels. Students are reading Guy DeLisle’s Burma Chronicles for next week. 1. Literary terms to use when discussing comics/graphic narratives: panel, a single box in which dialogue … Continue reading
World Literature, Week 4
This week we’ll be discussing Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. In addition to reading the text, you can rent the 1994 film online (directed by Roman Polanski). 1) I usually have students, in groups, research the following topics to … Continue reading
World Literature, Week 3
Sorry! Sorry!––I did not forget about you. This last week of September has ended more with a bang than a whimper. Anyway, here are some resources we use for discussion of Things Fall Apart. 1) Postcolonial Criticism. As we explore … Continue reading
Creative Writing, Week 3
1. READ THIS >> “Trading Stories: Notes From an Apprenticeship” (Jhumpa Lahiri; The New Yorker, 13 June 2011). 1a. While you’re at The New Yorker site, let’s all READ THIS, TOO >> “Creative Writing” by Etgar Keret (The New Yorker, … Continue reading
A Return to Sympathy in the 19th Century.
I’ve taken over 19th Century American Literature this semester for a colleague (Effie), who usually teaches the course. Week 1 was just a general discussion about the time period; students were asked to respond to the prompt, “What do you … Continue reading
World Literature, Week 2
In World Literature this week we’re starting Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe), which I always think students will have already read but am always surprised, still, how many have not anymore. We always start, of course, with Yeats. I remember … Continue reading
Creative Writing, Week 2
Sorry! Sorry! This first week of classes has rather gotten away from me that I neglected to post up some resources for “Creative Writing, Week 2.” Two days late & a few bits short, here it be. (Though some of … Continue reading
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