All of this semester's assigned readings (i.e., those that are not from cda, LB, or Werewolves in Their Youth) are listed below as either links or .pdf attachments. I ask that you print, read (or read, then print), and bring them to class on the day for which they are assigned.

Most of the attached readings are password-protected; the password will be given to you in class.

Memoirs

• "Our Mother's Face" by Valerie Steiker (attached)

• "Throwing Snowballs" by Annie Dillard (attached)

• "Us and Them" by David Sedaris (attached)

Literary Analyses

Profiles

See "Four Sample Profiles" (attached)

• "I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing" by John T. Edge

• "The Edison Cafe" by Trevor B. Hall

• "The Daily Grind: Lessons in the Hidden Curriculum" by Peggy Orenstein

• "The Last Stop" by Brian Cable

Proposals

• "Who's in Charge Here?" by Stanley Fish

• "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" by Peter Singer

• "What To Do? A Global Strategy": chapter 12 of The 9/11 Commission

• Read chapter 12.3: "Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism," pp. 374-379

• "You Say You Want a Resolution?" by Heidi Pollock

Reviews

Links

• The New York Review of Books
• The New York Times (see the Arts, Style, and Travel sections)
• The New Yorker (Arts & Culture)
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Consumer Reports

Examples

• Werewolves in Their Youth (book)
  • Salon.com
  • NY Times
  • NY Magazine
• Art (museum exhibition)
• "Burgher Deluxe" by Sandra Tsing Loh (books)
• "You're Not Rich, but Now You Can Fake It" by Daniel Gross (book)
• "Cashmere, Rolexes, and a Spiritual Rush" by Janet Maslin (book)

Attachment	Size
Our Mother's Face (Steiker).pdf	1.03 MB
Throwing Snowballs (Dillard).pdf	889.35 KB
Us & Them (Sedaris).pdf	1.47 MB
On Writing Well (Zinsser).pdf	1.49 MB
Four Sample Profiles.pdf	1.04 MB

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