Category: R.F. Kuang

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, ernest j gaines, n.k. jemisin, Pedagogy, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, s.a. cosby, unessay project

The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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At least once a year, I assign an unessay project and essay in my classes. I’ve written about this numerous times, and while I am always nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into the project, I end up standing in awe at what the students end up producing for their unessay project. Last semester, I … Read More The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, Asiaphile, childish gambino, Fetishized, Kaila Yu, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, Weezer

Music and the Fetishization of Asian Women in Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized”

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My wife, through her job, occasionally has the opportunity to go on press trips and write about them. Sometimes she does these trips solo, and other times she does them with other journalists and influencers. On a recent group trip, during a rain storm that interrupted their time at a cacao plantation, she spoke with Kaila Yu, another journalist on the trip, about her … Read More Music and the Fetishization of Asian Women in Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized”

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+ Josianh Henson, Literature, nirvana, R.F. Kuang, yellowface

The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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Is it literary theft when Harriett Beecher Stowe takes Josiah Henson’s real-life story of escaping enslavement and crafts Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Or, is it literary theft when she does this and does not acknowledge Henson’s inspiration? Is it artistic theft when The Chariot have a riff on “The Deaf Policeman” that directly takes uses the same riff found in Nirvana’s “Tourettes”? Or, is it homage? Is it … Read More The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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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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