The Documentary Series Continues Wednesday, Sept. 30th

Come watch Man on Wire, an absolutely exhilarating character study and adventure story. Screening will be in the classroom at 7pm. If you want pizza, please bring two dollars.

Want to Publish?

Thought you all might be interested in a few links that I stumbled across.

The first is to a magazine called The Collagist that publishes undergraduate work.

Here are their nonfiction guidelines: "The Collagist includes between one and three previously unpublished essays in each monthly issue, on a variety of personal, political, and literary subjects. Please send to nonfiction@thecollagist.com as a .DOC or .RTF attachment and list “THE COLLAGIST - Non-fiction submission” in the subject line."

The second is from Barrelhouse, a journal of popular culture. They are looking for pieces on sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. Please note, in my capacity as responsible professional, I wholeheartedly condone only one or two of these institutions!

For Wednesday

Read the essays of:

Landon
Alex
Megan
Rose
Justin

Write letters to:

Those people who are being workshopped who are also in your group.

Read (in Short Takes):

Blew's "Tenino," McDuffie's "Winter Wheat," Tan's "confessions," Stern's "Bullet in My Neck Pages: 44-50, 82-87, 88-90, and 318-321. There will be a reading quiz.

Groups

Group 1

Landon
Alex
Jeff
Megan

Group 2

Kelby
Rose
Justin
Anna

Group 3

Heath
Amanda
Eli
Adam

Assignment for next Monday

We've watched Charleen talk about smells in writing. We've read Stephen Kuusisto's wonderful essay "Night Song," which, among other things, is an evocative catalogue of sounds.

For your third essay, I would like you to focus on sound and scent imagery, on conjuring a place or a person or a scene or a feeling by listening and smelling. You can include visual imagery, but I want there to be a strong focus on the non-visual.

3 pages (at least). Times New Roman. 12-point font. Due, Monday the 28th at 7pm.

Let Charleen Inspire You!

Brevity

I have linked to Brevity Magazine on the left side of the screen.

You are assigned to read this in October, but browse through now to get ideas and to enjoy the succinct, vivacious writing.

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/

Welcome to Truth Class (Intermediate Style)

Let us all go truthfully.

Reading List

On the left side of the screen, I've included a link to a lengthy list of nonfiction titles you might enjoy. Take a gander, judge a book by its title, and read.

Here's the web address: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/readinglist.html