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Teaching Genre and Convention using the Post-Apocalyptic Narrative
I recently finished teaching an 8-week, introductory fiction and intensive writing class–a course I’ve taught six times as the instructor of record, including three times during the regular semester....
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3 Approaches to Teaching McCarthy’s The Road
A while back, I blogged about teaching genre and convention in an introductory literature course geared towards the non-major. As I mentioned, I like using the post-apocalyptic narrative to teach genre...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
There are three types of books: Those you buy and read right away. Those you buy and put on the shelf for some other time. Then there are those you put on the shelf to read some other time—and...
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Teaching Creative Non-Fiction with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
I’m teaching a creative non-fiction course this fall, and students will be reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, among other texts. If you aren’t familiar with the book, read my summary first....
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