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Decolonising the Mind Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s book Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Reply below to share your ideas.
Posted in British Fiction 2019
Tagged Africa, English, language, literature, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, postcolonialism
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Time Flies Conversation
Space for questions and answers about David Ives’s short play Time Flies. Reply below to share your ideas.
“Neighbors” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Gillian Clarke’s poem “Neighbors.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“The Chicago Picasso” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “The Chicago Picasso.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“Story of Your Life” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“The Moths” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Helena María Viramontes’s short story “The Moths.” Reply below to share your ideas.
Posted in Reading and Analysis 2018
Tagged American, Chicana, family, Hispanic, literature, short story
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“The Road Not Taken” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” Reply below to share your ideas.
Warlight Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Michael Ondaatje’s novel Warlight. Reply below to share your ideas.
Posted in Reading and Analysis 2018
Tagged literature, Michael Ondaatje, novel, Warlight, WWII
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Battles in “Defender of the Faith”
Philip Roth’s “Defender of the Faith” takes place at a “new front” during the last months of World War II (161). Focus on a “fight” in the story and show how characters acquit themselves on that “field of battle” (166). … Continue reading
Posted in Reading and Analysis 2016
Tagged Defender of the Faith, fight, literature, Philip Roth, short story, writing
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Stillness in “Defender of the Faith”
While there are several confrontations at Nathan Marx’s “new front” in Philip Roth’s “Defender of the Faith,” are there also moments of what Charles Baxter calls stillness, which he says “is simply one of the hardest psychic conditions to get … Continue reading
Posted in Reading and Analysis 2016
Tagged Charles Baxter, Defender of the Faith, literature, Philip Roth, short story, stillness, writing
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Drinks for Halfglass
Here is a list of works to explore for literature and film conversations. Some items will be introduced as a separate post but tagged “Halfglass” to enable image and video inserts and a discrete thread. Halfglass people, past and present, … Continue reading
My Education
This is an “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie-inspired creative challenge. In your comment post to this blog entry, recount an experience you had during the week of January 11–17, 2016 and say what you learned from it. As Alexie does, vividly … Continue reading
Posted in Reading and Analysis 2015, Uncategorized
Tagged creative writing, education, literature, Sherman Alexie, short story
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Roundtable Conversation 