1, Please come to Alan Gurganus's reading on Monday evening, at 8 p.m. in the University Center Bluff Room or the grad student interview Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall, Room 456. Both events are free and open to the public.
Here's more about it.
http://www.memphis.edu/mediaroom/releases/jan11/gurganus.htm
2, There will not be class, Feb. 8.
For next class, Feb. 10:
1, Writing Exercise:
Pockets: Imagine your character (or you) are going through the pockets of someone close to them, maybe it’s someone they’ve lost, or they're redying their clothes for a donation; or it’s a spouse’s pockets—misplaced car keys or a credit card; or it’s the pockets of a child as they prepare their clothes for the laundry … Imagine you or your character are emptying the pockets of a loved one; look at each item you find. What does it tell you about the person? Write. 2 -3 pages. Then rewrite them, and rewrite them again.
2, Read the story, Edwidge Danticat, "A Wall of Fire Rising" pg. 417 in the Norton
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