Course+Materials

=Course Materials=

Short Stories Poetry Class handouts and Powerpoints

Short Stories
Here is a list of links to the short stories, listed by the date they are due.

For September 23
"The Veldt," by Ray Bradbury PDF] "Guts," by Chuck Palahniuk [external link] "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner PDF] "Bullet in the Brain," by Tobias Wolff PDF]

For September 30
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," by Ursula K. LeGuin DOC] "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien DOC] "The Veil," by Marjane Satrapi external link] NOTE: this is a graphic story. This page has scans of the entire story. "The Shawl" (print--will be handed out on Thursday, September 23)

Poetry
Here is a list of links to the poems, listed by the date they are due.

October 7
Poetry Collection #1

October 14
Poetry Collection #2 Links to spoken word and slam poetry below. "For the Life of Me," by Taylor Mali "The Entire Act of Sorrow," by Taylor Mali "The The Impotence of Proofreading," by Taylor Mali "What I Will," by Suhier Hammad "Niggers, Niggas, and Niggaz," by Julian Curry "Pretty," by Katie Makkai "Nueva York," by Emanuel Xavier "Children of Children" by Oscar Brown Jr. "What's Genocide," by Carlos Andres Gomez Three poems by Billy Collins "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty "I Can't Read," by Lamont Carey

Class Handouts and Powerpoints
The Elements of Fiction--Plot How to Analyze a Short Story