tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80742325363658649052024-03-13T12:23:07.098-04:00Literature of Journalism"Art is news that stays news."
- Ezra PoundHowie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-74828463885241033222014-03-24T05:53:00.002-04:002014-03-24T05:53:43.675-04:00Story #2Please elaborate on your idea for the next story. You might use a version of the three-part "test" proposed by Henry James to structure your response: What are you trying to achieve? How will you achieve it? Why is it worth achieving?<br />
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Your response is due by midnight Wednesday, March 26. (I hope you have drafts of first scenes from some of you by the following Wednesday.)Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-21273817414620869842014-01-30T17:11:00.002-05:002014-01-30T17:11:50.859-05:00Species-on-Species AbuseIf this semester you were to write a story about a place a
la Vowell, what would it be and why? The only
restriction is that the place must actually be accessible to
you. Please respond no later than Wednesday, midnight.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-11199259819345277182014-01-22T12:49:00.001-05:002014-01-27T12:57:06.993-05:00CraniumPlease respond to one of the following questions about EXPERIMENT IN MISERY:<br />
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1) Why does Crane refer to the tramp as the "assassin"?<br />
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2) Identify an unusual or unexpected use of an adjective in a description of a person, place or thing. Why is it unusual? Why would Crane use such a trope?<br />
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Your response is due no later than midnight Tues, Jan. 28.<br />
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FYI<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0cX9g1O7M<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv0-uWRuaxUHowie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-3169663326791468882014-01-22T12:45:00.001-05:002014-01-27T13:05:35.274-05:00Riis's Pieces<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=6M8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=abe%27s+game+of+jacks&source=bl&ots=BmBWgE-OER&sig=e3wGyfe1u1XroPGwRvxk6BIauLk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hhwMUv3qJ-ri4AO0p4DwAQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=abe%27s%20game%20of%20jacks&f=false"><span style="color: #2288bb;">http://books.google.com/books?id=6M8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=abe's+game+of+jacks&source=bl&ots=BmBWgE-OER&sig=e3wGyfe1u1XroPGwRvxk6BIauLk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hhwMUv3qJ-ri4AO0p4DwAQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=abe's%20game%20of%20jacks&f=false</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_793241034"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.tribepictures.com/video/documentary/historical-documentary/">http://www.tribepictures.com/video/documentary/historical-documentary/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #2288bb;">http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/jacob-riis </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2288bb;">http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=91981589&m=92043727</span><br />
<span style="color: #2288bb;"> </span> Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-47671690003505850192014-01-08T00:05:00.001-05:002014-01-08T21:44:41.543-05:00Calls for Submissions<a href="http://budsmithwrites.com/books/unknown-press-anthologies/call-for-submissions-too-much-an-anthology-about-excess/">http://budsmithwrites.com/books/unknown-press-anthologies/call-for-submissions-too-much-an-anthology-about-excess/</a><br />
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<a href="http://run-to-the-roundhouse-nellie.com/readers-house">http://run-to-the-roundhouse-nellie.com/readers-house</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.vacantpress.com/">http://www.vacantpress.com/</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-74437867158357070422013-11-20T05:27:00.001-05:002013-11-20T07:23:08.409-05:00Final Blog Post/Fall 2013Read Kirkhorn's essay and Sacco's comic strip, as well as the article linked below. Explain how Sacco exemplifies Kirkhorn's concept of a "virtuous journalist" -- or why he doesn't.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/books/joe-saccos-the-great-war-july-1-1916.html?emc=eta1&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/books/joe-saccos-the-great-war-july-1-1916.html?emc=eta1&_r=0</a><br />
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Also, bring to class your own chosen example of a virtuous journalists and be prepared to discuss it. If you wish, you can include a link to his or her work with your blog response, which is due Tues., Dec. 3, at 4 p.m.<br />
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Here's my example:<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/the-strip.html?_r=0#1">http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/the-strip.html?_r=0#1</a><br />
<br />Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-12237971091912214452013-11-06T10:30:00.000-05:002013-11-12T14:24:15.534-05:00Submissions (Art & Fear, Part 2)Read Part 2 of the book <i>Art & Fear</i>, then search the following Web sites for at least three publications to which to submit your story. Explain why these publications are a good fit for you. Your response is due by 4 p.m., Tues., Nov. 12.<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1147299473"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.newpages.com/"> http://www.newpages.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thereviewreview.net/magazines/">http://www.thereviewreview.net/magazines/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1147299473">http://www.everywritersresource.com/literarymagazines/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1147299473"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1147299473">http://www.pw.org/literary_magazines</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1147299473"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.placesforwriters.com/">http://www.placesforwriters.com/</a><br />
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By the way, some of you are neglecting to complete the blog and, as a result, are compiling F's at an alarming rate. I encourage you to reconsider your conduct.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-22912653878155119672013-11-02T21:53:00.001-04:002013-11-02T21:53:31.790-04:00Inspiring Quotes About Writing (Courtesy of Mike Kelly)<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/doree/quotes-about-writing">http://www.buzzfeed.com/doree/quotes-about-writing</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-48762465689493759512013-10-31T10:58:00.000-04:002013-10-31T10:58:09.016-04:00Dead KennedysAlthough written only five years apart and about similar events, the Breslin and Hamill stories feel vastly different. Identify one literary technique that, to your mind, contributes to this different feel and explain how it contributes. You might choose, for example, from point of view, narrative structure, choice of language, and so on. Please be as specific and complete as possible. Your response should be posted by Tuesday, Nov. 5, 4 p.m. Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-46386504755837737332013-10-29T11:25:00.000-04:002013-10-29T11:25:12.276-04:00Art & FearWhat statement or observation in Part I of Art & Fear resonates with you? Why? Be as detailed as you can.<br />
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Please respond by Tuesday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m. Just to be clear, every non- or late response on this blog, results in a F. I have reiterated this many times, but to poor effect. I mention it again -- and I hope for the very last time -- because the need for discipline is emphasized in this book.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-91667708922443717302013-10-16T12:08:00.001-04:002013-10-16T12:09:43.485-04:00Kentucky Derby<a href="http://brianb.freeshell.org/a/kddd.pdf">http://brianb.freeshell.org/a/kddd.pdf</a><br />
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Would want to be a "gonzo" journalist? Why or why not? Due Tues, Oct 22, 4 pmHowie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-60300908854538419072013-10-09T08:09:00.002-04:002013-10-09T08:09:35.688-04:00Take the Cannoli What makes Vowell's writing in "Species on Species Abuse" funny? Language? Situation? Point of view?<br />
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Your response is due by 4 p.m., Tues., Oct. 15.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-33458215832050872222013-10-02T13:50:00.001-04:002013-10-02T13:50:45.246-04:00Herr Interview<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeehkdQL_VE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeehkdQL_VE</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-27735889500378362842013-10-02T08:43:00.001-04:002013-10-02T08:43:29.947-04:00Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu<a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/hub_fans_bid_kid_adieu_article.shtml">http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/hub_fans_bid_kid_adieu_article.shtml</a><br />
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How does Updike manage to impart significance to something as trivial as a baseball game? That is, does he use a particular motif of images? Does he resort to the old reliable of sportswriters: statistics? Is it through exposition? Or some other device or devices?<br />
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Your response is due by 4 p.m. Tues., Oct. 8.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-14491623429535961682013-09-23T08:04:00.002-04:002013-09-23T08:04:43.390-04:00Journalism as Literature<a href="http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-portraits-collage.html">http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-portraits-collage.html</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-42170727428753598872013-09-18T08:27:00.000-04:002013-09-18T08:27:02.398-04:00What's Your Story?Please describe the prospective subject of your literary journalism piece.<br /><br /> Keep in mind Henry James' criteria for judging a piece of writing: 1) What is the writer trying to achieve? 2) Did the writer achieve it? 3) Was it worth achieving? The last is also perhaps the most important.<br /><br /> Answer each of the categories in turn. For #2, answer "how" you're going to achieve it -- that is, your ideas for reporting and structuring the piece, what scenes it will include.<br /><br /> Try to be as specific as possible throughout.<br /><br /> Your response is due by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24. Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-70018266778783520952013-09-10T15:51:00.002-04:002013-09-11T11:25:10.562-04:00Story IdeaPlease describe the prospective subject of your literary journalism piece.<br />
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Keep in mind Henry James'
criteria for judging a piece of writing: 1) What is the writer trying to
achieve? 2) Did the writer achieve it? 3) Was it worth achieving? The
last is also perhaps the most important.<br />
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Answer each of the categories in turn. For #2, answer "how" you're going to achieve it -- that is, your ideas for reporting and structuring the piece.<br />
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Try to be as specific as possible throughout.<br />
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Your response is due by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-11770846583822637082013-09-05T12:21:00.001-04:002013-09-05T12:21:44.113-04:00Colorful Crane<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/These-Books-Can-Be-Judged-Positively-By-Their-Covers-220557391.html?c=y&page=1&navigation=thumb#IMAGES">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/These-Books-Can-Be-Judged-Positively-By-Their-Covers-220557391.html?c=y&page=1&navigation=thumb#IMAGES</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-62149589063416829342013-09-03T20:39:00.005-04:002013-09-03T20:39:47.494-04:00Death of RodriguezThe issue for a writer is how to close the gap, often yawning, between the writer's subject and the reader's experience. Give one example of how Richard Harding Davis creates reader admiration and/or sympathy for Rodriguez in his story. You should cite a specific image, description, etc., rather than make a general statement. Notice, too, how he leads us to feel quite the opposite about the Spaniards.<br /><br /> Please respond by 4 p.m., Sept. 10.Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-82643885712760373222013-09-03T08:36:00.001-04:002013-09-03T08:36:41.721-04:00Writers on Writing (video)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMACNQPrWDM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMACNQPrWDM</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-46513908660860925062013-08-25T08:47:00.003-04:002013-08-30T16:55:47.027-04:00Crane-iumAnswer two of three of the following questions:<br />
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1)What seems to you "modern" about Stephen Crane's "When Man Falls, Crowd Gathers"? Voice? Style? Structure? Theme? Please elaborate.<br />
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2) Please follow the link below. How is its discussion or definition of "creative nonfiction" applicable to Crane's piece, "An Experiment in Misery"?<br />
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<a href="http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-truth-in-nonfiction-but-were-afraid-to-ask-a-bad-advice-cartoon-essay/">http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-truth-in-nonfiction-but-were-afraid-to-ask-a-bad-advice-cartoon-essay/</a><br />
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3) Morris Markey's piece, "Drift," belongs to a subgenre referred to as "the procedural." To your mind, what characteristics of the piece make it an example of the genre? How does this help with or determine the structure/organization of the piece?<br />
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Remember, we're practicing good writing here, not just literary analysis. Your comments should be crisp and clear. Avoid generalizations, tortured syntax, and muddy language.<br />
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Your response is due Tuesday, Sept. 3, 4 p.m. No late responses will be accepted -- ever.<br />
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Btw, the "youth" in "Experiment. . ." is Crane, who did the "experiment" by impersonating a tramp. A prologue to the original article in the NY Press made that clear.<br />
Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-47645848579064582912013-08-20T11:49:00.003-04:002013-08-22T22:29:25.529-04:00Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing1. Never open a book with weather.<br />
2. Avoid prologues.<br />
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> 4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.<br /> 5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.<br /> 6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."<br /> 7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.<br /> 8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.<br /> 9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.<br /> 10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> His most important rule is one that sums up the 10.<br /> “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://thestacks.deadspin.com/elmore-leonard-wrote-great-opening-lines-here-are-all-1178066970">http://thestacks.deadspin.com/elmore-leonard-wrote-great-opening-lines-here-are-all-1178066970</a><br />
</span><br />Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-15999996335854817822013-08-14T20:12:00.002-04:002013-08-14T20:12:26.157-04:00Abe's Game of Jacks<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=6M8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=abe's+game+of+jacks&source=bl&ots=BmBWgE-OER&sig=e3wGyfe1u1XroPGwRvxk6BIauLk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hhwMUv3qJ-ri4AO0p4DwAQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=abe's%20game%20of%20jacks&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=6M8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=abe's+game+of+jacks&source=bl&ots=BmBWgE-OER&sig=e3wGyfe1u1XroPGwRvxk6BIauLk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hhwMUv3qJ-ri4AO0p4DwAQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=abe's%20game%20of%20jacks&f=false</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-67473923696308405142013-08-13T17:27:00.001-04:002013-08-13T17:27:32.404-04:00Pre-Writing Rituals<a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/literally-psyched/2013/08/12/can-what-you-do-before-you-write-improve-your-actual-writing/">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/literally-psyched/2013/08/12/can-what-you-do-before-you-write-improve-your-actual-writing/</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074232536365864905.post-74456637445401579802013-08-06T22:29:00.002-04:002013-08-06T22:29:59.435-04:00Archetonics<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/writers-as-architects/?hp&_r=0">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/writers-as-architects/?hp&_r=0</a>Howie Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725019693961191483noreply@blogger.com0