Final papers due via email by Monday, Dec. 11 @ 11:59 p.m.

All extra credit blog posts should also be posted by Dec. 11 @ 11:59 p.m.

To review your classmates’ comments on your presentations, please see attached file: Presentation Comment Cards

Virtual Exhibit Presentations: Email your Powerpoint to me before the start of class. I’ll download all presentations before class begins. Presentations will be back-to-back, leaving 10–15 minutes for discussion and questions at the end of class.

Also, be sure to check out guidelines for the Schuchard Prize. (Site still says 2017 but will likely be updated by the beginning of next semester.)

Tuesday, 11/28
Course Evaluations, followed by student presentations:

Katie Flaherty
Claudia Tung
Simon Brooke
Daniel Bujnowski

Thursday, 11/30
Laura Santangelo
Ryland Marcus
Meng Zhao
Qinyan Shi
Colleen Su

Tuesday, 12/5
Wade Marshall
Justin Moore
Navneeth Perumal
Devon Bombassei
Eric Leng

Tu 11/21: RESEARCH DAY— No scheduled class. Instead, this day will be reserved for research, your final visits to the Rose Library, and conferences with me (as needed)

Th 11/23: THANKSGIVING DAY—No class. Enjoy the holiday!

Read Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, focusing on the second half of the book.

For Group Work:

Read Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, focusing on the first half of the book. As you read, consider our previous class discussions of archive and memory, collage and fragment.

Beats’ Exhibit blog posts due to the website by 11:59 p.m.

Revised Paper via email due by 4 p.m. 

In lieu of class, you’ll tour The Dream Machine exhibit of the Beats’ poetry movement on your own time. You’ll find the exhibit in the Schatten Gallery on the 3rd floor of the library at the back of the building. After exploring the exhibit, you’ll produce a blog post in response to post to the class website.  

Ocean Vuong, excerpts from Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Course Reserves)

Craig Santos Perez, selections from from unincorporated territory trilogy (Course Reserves)

Informal research proposal due via email before start of class. See p. 2 of assignment sheet for instructions. 

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, “Don’t Ask Me for That Love Again”

Mimi Kalvati, “Don’t Ask Me, Love, For that First Love”

Agha Shahid Ali, “Postcard from Kashmir and Other Poems” 

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Consider attending this literary event @ 6:30, Nov. 2 & writing an extra credit blog post.

1. Safia Elhillo, excerpts from The January Children (Course Reserves)

• Make sure to read the back cover for context on Elhillo and the poems

2. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, excerpts from Pharaoh’s Daughter (Course Reserves)

• Notes: poet name pronunciation: First name: “noo ah la” Last name: “knee hoe null”; Irish language appears on lefthand pages, English translation on the right

3. Review the Final Project: Photo Exhibit & Archival Paper assignment sheet, especially the Research Process section. If you were unable to register to request materials in class, follow this link and fill out the registration form: https://aeon.library.emory.edu/Logon.

Second paper due. Read Kevin Young’s afterword to The Complete Poems of Lucille Clifton. (Course Reserves). We’ll do an activity centered around Clifton as introduction to your final project.

Please bring your laptops. Reminder: No food or drink in the Rose Library.