Unit 2: Writing a Self

Week 4:
Mon, Sep 26: Dorothy Allison Two or Three Things I Know for Sure (1995) (1-3 & bottom of 75-94); event check in from Publicity group; love conjure/blues paper due

Wed, Sep 28: Lowell Offering (1840s) (289-301); event check-in

Fri, Sep 30: Sidonie Smith "Construing Truths in Lying Mouths" (145-164) (find it through "Academic Search Premier" at the UT Library online)

Week 5:
Mon, Oct 3: Ana Castillo Mixquiahuala Letters (1986) (front material and 1-34); look at page on Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch (Castillo dedicated her book in his memory); blog entry due to be posted on your blog
Mon, Oct 3 at BookWoman, 7pm: Ana Castillo reads from her new novel, Watercolor Woman/Opaque Man; for more information, click here

Wed, Oct 5: Mixquiahuala Letters (35-70); event check in from Event group

Thu, Oct 6 at BookWoman, 7pm: Lisa C. Moore reads from her new anthology, Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity; for more information, click here

Fri, Oct 7: Class visit from Lisa C. Moore of Redbone Press (click here for reading), Samiya Bashir contributor to Spirited (click here for reading), and Sharon Bridgforth author of love conjure/blues and contributor to Spirited (click here for reading) (bring questions for them)

Week 6:
Mon, Oct 10: Mixquiahuala Letters (71-105); discuss last Friday's class

Wed, Oct 12: Discussion of Mixquiahuala Letters (71-105); event check in from Class group

Fri, Oct 14: Finish Mixquiahuala Letters; Event planning; midterm intro

Week 7:
Mon, Oct 17: Wrap up Mixquiahuala Letters discussion; reread love conjure/blues pages 63-68 & 26-29; Writing a Self paper due; (Optional: Nancy Mairs, from Carnal Acts (1990) (375-386))

Tue, Oct 18 at BookWoman, 7:30pm: Class-Organized Sharon Bridgforth Reading at BookWoman; for BookWoman information, click here

Wed, Oct 19: No scheduled reading; bring event notes; event discussion led by Class Group

Fri, Oct 21: Nella Larsen Quicksand (1928) (front material and 35-63)

Week 8:
Mon, Oct 24: Quicksand (63-102); event self/group evaluation due

Wed, Oct 26: no reading; midterm due (for your reference: love conjure/blues performances online)

Fri, Oct 28: Quicksand (102-133)

Week 9:
Mon, Oct 31: Finish Quicksand (133-162)

Wed, Nov 2: No class

Fri, Nov 3: No class