Week 12: Childhood lessons
Monday, March 23 – Read and discuss Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” (1978) and Sandra Cisneros’s “Barbie-Q” (1991) on Zoom
Wednesday, March 25 – 3 options: 1) spend time working on optional essay revisions, 2) read James Joyce’s “Araby” and respond to two guided reading questions, or 3) spend time working on a Short Story blog post
Week 13: Sibling stories
Monday, March 30 – Reading day: read and annotate/take notes on Jenny Zhang’s “The Evolution of My Brother” (2017)
Wednesday, April 1 – Zoom discussion of “The Evolution of My Brother” at 11am (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
Friday, April 3 – Publish blog post
Optional extra reading (to stave off boredom):
*Neel Patel’s “If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi” (in the packet of readings distributed on 3/13)
*Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “Black-Eyed Women” (in the packet of readings distributed on 3/13)
Week 14: Sibling stories cont’d.
Monday, April 6 – Reading day: read and annotate/take notes on James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” (1957)
Optional check-in on Zoom (11am) – check email for link/password
Comparative analysis essay revisions due at noon
Wednesday, April 8 – Zoom discussion of “Sonny’s Blues” at 11am (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
Friday, April 10 – Spend ~30 minutes reading and annotating/taking notes on Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” (1993)
Week 15: Frenemies
Monday, April 13 – Zoom discussion of “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” at 11am (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
“Homework”: read Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” (1983) to prepare for Wednesday’s discussion
Wednesday, April. 15 – Zoom discussion of “Recitatif” at 11am (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
Friday, April 17 – Work on blog post 2
Week 16: Frenemies cont’d.
Monday, April. 20 – Reading day: read and annotate/take notes on Nafissa Thompson-Spires’s “The Body’s Defenses Against Itself” (2018)
Blog post 2 due by end of day
Wednesday, April. 22 – Zoom discussion of “The Body’s Defenses Against Itself” at 11am (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
Friday, April 24 – Spend 30 minutes drafting a blog post or commenting on peers’ blogs, and read “Roman Fever” for Monday’s discussion
Week 17: “It’s complicated”
Monday, April 27 – Zoom discussion of Edith Wharton’s “Roman Fever” see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
Wednesday, April 29 – Creative Project work day
Friday, May 1 – Publish blog post 3
Week 18: “It’s complicated”
Monday, May 4 – 3 options:
1) Participate in a Zoom discussion of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Apollo” (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password);
2) Work on missing blog posts or missing project proposals;
3) Work on your creative project
Wednesday, May 6 – Creative Project work day
Friday, May 8 – Work on Creative Project and submit any missing blog posts
Week 19: Creative Project
Monday, May 11 – Creative Project work day
Wednesday, May 13– Creative Project work day
Friday, May 15 – Work on Creative Project
Week 20: End-of-Semester Reflections
Monday, May 18 – End-of-semester discussion on Zoom (see email for Zoom link/meeting ID and password)
The Short Story 