READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF MARCH 13 - 19, 2006:

Tuesday, March 14, 2006:

Please read Chapter 9 (Beyond the Rational) from Writing Poems.

Important!! Poem #3 -- Dramatic Monologue with Bibliography is due today! (See post below for guidelines).

Important!! Please make sure to bring six copies of ANY one of the three poems you've written thus far to class for small-group workshopping today.

Thursday, March 16, 2006:

Please read Chapter 12 (Becoming a Poet) from Writing Poems.

Important!! Don't forget to be prepared to read three of your own poems for today's In-Class Open-Mic Reading Day! Please be prepared to provide brief introductions for your poems, and make sure to take your time reading/performing them.


And here is this week's memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box for blog posts due on Sunday, March 19:

Write about the first time you went away from home alone. Was it a vacation? Was it for work? Were you looking for something? Were you running away? Do you see that excursion as a "hero's journey", or did you go kicking and screaming? How did it change you?

Guidelines for Writerly Immersion Paper #1 (Due Thursday, March 23, 2006):

Please write a 3-4 page comparison and contrast paper that compares and contrasts two literary journals.

One of the literary journals should be the VLP 2005 Literary Magazine (available for purchase from the English Department secretary, Melanie Westin, Dakota Hall 212, if you didn't purchase one already at the start of the semester). If, for some pressing reason, you would prefer to replace the VLP 2005 Literary Magazine with an alternate print journal, I will be open to discussing this with you.

The second literary journal can be either another print literary journal or an electronic literary journal. Click on the Porta del Sol link below for an excellent guide/listing of electronic journals and print magazines. (Scroll down past the WebDelSol editor interviews). Electronic journals listed here have a direct link to the online journal, and you can check to see if our library carries subscriptions to any print journals that sound interesting to you.

Porta del Sol

Please make sure cite appropriately using MLA format as needed.