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9.20.10, Day 6: In class: Workshop of draft of “Heart of Darkness found poem”.
9.21.10, Day 5: No Class due to rotation.
9.22.10, Day 4: “Heart of Darkness found poem” & meta due. In class: Introduction to College Essay
9.23.10, Day 3: In Class: Lecture on Ted Berrigan’s Red Shift
9.24.10, Day 2: In class: College Essay workshop and / or Independent Reading Research Day.
By Friday at the latest, you should have selected (and made some progress in reading) your independent reading book. Please see me for consultation if you want or need suggestions. When you have selected your book, please post the author and title of the book in the comment stream (for posterity) and link to a description of the book online.
22 comments:
I chose to read "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs.
Here is the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(memoir)
And here is the Amazon page about it plus the reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Running-Scissors-Memoir-Augusten-Burroughs/product-reviews/031242227X/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Leaving Dirty Jersey
by: James Salant
here's a website with a brief synopsis : http://books.simonandschuster.com/Leaving-Dirty-Jersey/James-Salant/9781416955115
i started it and i already fell in love.
I chose to read Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin.
Here's a link to its description: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Book-Club-Selection-According/dp/0345518519
War by Sebastian Junger
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/05/12/sebastian_junger_war
I chose Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(memoir)
I am reading "Lucky" by Alice Sebold. I also bought "Running With Scissor"s because i couldn't decide which one to chose so when I'm done with "Lucky" ill read that next.
Ohh and heres the link to the book description
http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_21229.asp
I chose after the wall by Jana Hensel.
http://www.bokkilden.no/SamboWeb/produkt.do?produktId=2922449
My Land, My People
By His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104956.My_Land_and_My_People
Memoirs of a Geisha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Geisha
Chasing Ghosts by Paul Rieckhoff.
Link to description:
http://www.paulrieckhoff.com/content/book.asp
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Heartbreaking_Work_of_Staggering_Genius
memoirs of a geisher by arthur golden
I'm reading "Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban" by Jere Van Dyk.
Here's a link to the B&N page with the description and such: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Captive/Jere-Van-Dyk/e/9780805088274/?itm=2&USRI=jere+van+dyk
a life less ordinary
A Memoir by Baby Halder
link to book description:
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Life-Less-Ordinary-Baby-Halder/?isbn=9780061689994
(yes the author's first name is really Baby)
Oh, can we read fiction? Memoirs of a Geisha is fiction, and if we can do fiction, I want to switch my book. Is that possible?
I switched my book so I'm actually reading Three Little Words, By Ashley Rhodes-Courter.
Here's the link to description:
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/10671-three-little-words-book-review
Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar
I think I talked to you about this book. But, here's the reminder.
I've decided to change my book,
I am now reading "Without You" by Anthony Rapp.
http://media.barnesandnoble.com/?fr_story=ff81de83fb95bfb1e94b1f973f0f909baf17a544&rf=sitemap
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