Thursday, January 30, 2014

Species-on-Species Abuse

If 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.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Cranium

Please respond to one of the following questions about EXPERIMENT IN MISERY:

1) Why does Crane refer to the tramp as the "assassin"?

or

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?


Your response is due no later than midnight Tues, Jan. 28.


FYI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0cX9g1O7M



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv0-uWRuaxU

Riis's Pieces

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://www.tribepictures.com/video/documentary/historical-documentary/


http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/jacob-riis 



http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=91981589&m=92043727