Category: ernest j gaines

+ A Worn Path, dry september, ernest j gaines, eudora welty, southern, southern literature, the sky is gray, william faulkner

Nothing Happens in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

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As I was organizing my American literature survey course this semester, I knew that I wanted to center it on short stories. I did this because I wanted to provide students with a broad swath of literature and literary movements from 1865 to the present. With this in mind, I knew, as well, that I wanted to include Ernest Gaines’ “The Sky is Gray,” because, like … Read More Nothing Happens in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

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+ books, ernest j gaines, reading, school, Warren Buffet

I Wish I Read More

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Every semester, I ask students a series of questions to learn more about them and how to tailor my pedagogy. I usually ask them if they are a first generation college student, an athlete, if they work off campus, and various other inquiries that give me some information about them. After I ask them these questions, I break down their week, by time. I … Read More I Wish I Read More

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, Annette Clapsaddle, ernest j gaines, Jamal Campbell, Literature, mystery, n.k. jemisin, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, s.a. cosby

Lost Voices in American Literature Course

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This semester, I’m teaching a Lost Voices in America literature course. I knew, from the outset, that I wanted to frame this course around noir, thrillers, and mysteries, including writers such as S.A. Cosby and Annette Clapsaddle. With that in mind, I constructed a broad course that incorporates Southern noir, Afrofuturism, mysteries, and more. I also made a point to include two graphic texts, … Read More Lost Voices in American Literature Course

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+ ernest j gaines, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, guy delisle, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Palestine

Who’d Want to Read It?

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Guy Delisle spent a year living in Jerusalem as his partner worked for an NGO in the West Bank and Gaza. He detailed his experience in Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City. During that year, Delisle led comics’ workshops in various cities in the West Bank including Nablus and Ramallah. At an event in Nablus he notes that the level of the artists “is not … Read More Who’d Want to Read It?

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+ ahmaud arbery, breonna taylor, ernest j gaines, george floyd, lillian e smith, politics, social justice

We Must Act to Ensure Our Freedom

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A few weeks ago, we had a protest in our small, rural town about the administration’s immigration policies. We gathered on the side of the road supporting our neighbors and participating in our right to freedom of speech. Before I went to the protest, I talked to a few people about going; however, they didn’t want to go because they were afraid of what … Read More We Must Act to Ensure Our Freedom

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