READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Tuesday, November, 21, 2006:

No class today, as I'll be giving an out-of-town reading.

Please use the break from readings/assignments to work on the rough draft of your final paper, which will be due on November 28. You may also wish to start working on your third and final modeling poem (due December 5) and/or your second oral presentation on a contemporary volume of poetry (also due December 5).

There will be no blog posts due this week of the Thanksgiving holiday. However, you may submit up to two blog posts by Monday, November 20, 2006, for extra credit (10 points apiece) to replace missing blog posts from earlier in the semester, or to simply earn up to 20 points extra credit. These can be "freestyle" blog posts on any topic of your choice. Please label them clearly as extra credit blog posts so that I can easily identify them and give you the appropriate credit.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006:

Important!! The rough draft of your final course paper will be due in class today!!

For this class period, please read Mark Doty's volume of poetry, My Alexandria, and Li-Young Lee's volume of poetry, Book of My Nights.

Please also read the following materials contained in the clickable links below, and which will download as PDF documents:

Click HERE for excerpt from Mark Doty's memoir, Firebird.

Click HERE for excerpt from Li-Young Lee's memoir, Winged Seed.

And finally, here is your memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box (for blog posts due on Monday, November 27, 2006.):

Who was your best friend at seven years old? Who was your best friend at 11? At 16? At 20? At 30? And who was your biggest enemy at each of these ages? Describe them.