Hi Everyone,
I was so looking forward to talking about the Allan Girganus visit while it was still so fresh! The reading and the interview were just brilliant. For those of you who were at either, please come to class with something to say about it, what struck you about his reading, his experiences or comments.
I was mesmerized by his honesty!
We'll talk more in class.
For Tuesday:
1, I will collect your "pocket" exercise.
2,
Read and blog about "Interpreter of Maladies," by Jhumpa Lahiri.
We'll discuss it and Edwidge Dandicat's "A Wall of Fire Rising." You should have already posted about Dandicat's, right? Take it as a given, if we're reading a story, I want you to blog about it. Note: All writing makes you a better writer.
3, Writing assignment: Gurganus suggested that as writers, we think not in terms of "I" but in terms of "we." What he means is that our stories are not just our own, but all the people that came before us, parents, grandparents, and so on, and in some way it is our duty to preserve them, to make sure these stories continue on.
The writing assignment is to tell me a story from your family, a story that was told to you, that you've heard many times before. When you're writing it, if the story takes on its own life (away from the truth of it), let it, that's how a lot of good fiction begins. If you don't have a story you can remember or think of, make it up.
Due Date: Thursday, Feb 17.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI can not find the story by Jhumpa Lahiri in the Norten book, and I have the big one. Am I over looking it, or is it elsewhere.
Thank You,
Katherine Moore