Tag: Westover

Class, Wed, 11/13

Tara Westover

Fareed Zakaria interviews Tara Westover

Fastwrite

Tara Westover is a young white woman with a PhD and a best-selling memoir. Based on what you’ve read, watched, or heard, what might she have to contribute to a discussion of writing and diversity?

To Do

  1. Fri, 11/15, class: Bring 3 print copies of an almost-final version of your semester project with you to class. We will have a “directed workshop”.
  2. Mon, 11/18, class: Bring one print copy of the revised version of your project. I’ll ask you to annotate it in preparation for your conference with me, and we will also talk about “digitizing” written texts.
  3. Wed, 11/20, and Thurs, 11/21: Conferences.
  4. Mon, 12/02, class: Post the digitized version of your final project to Medium.com. I will give this version a letter grade. Be ready to talk about what changed in your piece as you shifted modalities.
  5. Wed, 12/04, class: Closing thoughts and evaluations.
  6. Mon, 12/09, 5:00 pm: Email me the revised version of your final project (optional).

Class, Mon, 11/04

Favorites

Let’s go around the room, making an effort to highlight as many different authors—both professional and in this class—as we can. Read the passage you admire, remind us where it comes from, and tells us what strikes you about it.

Revised Schedule

Of Interest

Christinane Amanpour interviews Tara Westover (3/04/2018)

To Do

  1. Wed, 11/06, Fri, 11/08, and Mon, 11/11: No class meetings! (I will be at a conference.) Spend this time developing your good first draft into an amazing second draft. I will email you a response to your Post-Workshop Memo near the end of next week.
  2. Tues, 11/12, 5:30 pm, Mitchell Hall: Please join me in listening to Tara Westover speak.
  3. Wed, 11/13, class: We will discuss Westover and your work on your projects.
  4. Fri, 11/15, class: Bring your all-but-final draft of your project to class. We will work on it.

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