Fall 2013 Additional Readings

NONFICTION

This section includes additional nonfiction pieces representing—among other things—voices of a comparative, travel and foreign-influence, humorous, biographical, and New Journalism nature. They are, respectively:
“The Cosmic Significance of Britney Spears” by Tom Perotta
“A Hanging” by George Orwell
“Selections from the Allen Notebooks” by Woody Allen
“George Washington” by Thomas Jefferson
“Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” by Gay Talese

MEMOIR

This section includes additional memoir pieces representing themes not limited to nostalgia, cultural holiday, and rites of passage. They respectively are:
“In the Kitchen” by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“The First Thanksgiving” by Sarah Vowell
“Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan
“Brothers and Sisters” by Alice Walker

CRITICISM

This section includes additional critical pieces and reviews representing commentary on television shows, films, books, and culture. Respectively, they are:
“Jersey Jetsam” by Nancy Franklin
“Review of The Good Son” by Roger Ebert
“An Epic Showdown as Harry Potter Is Initiated Into Adulthood” by Michiko Kakutani
“A Touchy Subject” by Paul Fussell
“National Museum Of The Middle Class Opens In Schaumburg, IL” from The Onion

FICTION

This section includes fiction pieces representing aspects of the craft such as character study, unreliable narrator, Modernist and feminine voice, masculine voice, American Magical Realism, and trauma and representation. Respectively:
“Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff
“Emergency” by Denis Johnson
“The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield
“Cody’s Story” by Robert Olmstead
“Tiger Mending” by Aimee Bender
“The Joke” by J. David Stevens
“A Tiny Feast” by Chris Adrian

 

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