Blog #3: due 10/12 (before class)

Modeled after the essay you chose to read from the New York Times Magazine digital collection, write your own “The Song(s) That Got Me Through It Essay.” Think of it like “musical autobiography.”

  • Share the song/album on the blog with a link, video, or embedded media
  • Write 2-3 paragraphs where you…
    • Describe the song and artist… Look at some of the lyrics and musical choices. Use craft moves! (sensory details, imagery, figurative language, tone, voice, etc.)
    • Describe yourself at the time this music reached you… what was going on with you? Who were you? What was your life like?
    • Describe the connection as you see it now… based on your life, why do you think this song had the effect that it had? What was it about this song/album/artist?

Blog #2: due 9/21

Which text that we’ve read so far (Lorde, Licht, Hong, Abdurraqib, Chee, Baldwin, Anzaldua, Sample 1, Sample 2) do you feel like you have used as a model to help you build your first draft? What craft move(s) did you borrow or replicate? How did that text help you think about your narrative, even if they’re very different?

Blog #1: due 9/5

We will be using the Posting and Commenting function of blogs@baruch throughout the semester, so you’ll have to familiarize yourself with how to do this:

  1. Scroll over “Blog” in the menu bar
  2. Scroll down to “Blog #1: due 9/5”
  3. Read the instructions (see below this list)
  4. Click “+ New” in your top toolbar to add a new post
  5. Answer the assignment in the text box
  6. On the right side of the screen, find the “Categories” tab. Check the box next to “Blog #1: due 9/5” in order to properly upload it.
  7. Click the “Publish” box to complete your post

Blog #1 Prompt:

À la Danny Licht’s excerpt we read in class, from Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again, write a recipe for something you like to cook/make. You can write this in a more traditional form, like a classic cookbook, or do something a little more strange and creative, like Licht does (the tone is more personal essay/poem than instruction manual). The choice is yours! You can include photos, quotes, quips, jokes, whatever! Make it YOU.

No matter how you write it, you are required to include at least one paragraph about, either:

  • (1) where the recipe comes from, historically or culturally… What is the *objective* lineage of this dish or these food items? Is there some history around this food? Is there some social or cultural significance?
  • (2) your personal relationship to this recipe/food item… What does this dish/these ingredients mean in your *subjective* life? Is there a personal history the food helped you deal with? How did the food nourish you? Is there some personal significance?

If you don’t cook, you can describe how to do something else that requires step-by-step instructions, and you still have to include the above paragraphs, somehow. Does the task have an objective history, or a subjective personal history?

Put your best foot forward… maybe we’ll make these into a class cookbook/guidebook?!?

PS – If you need some further inspiration, check out these recipes by poets.

Welcome to Eng 2100, Section HTRF!

Hi All,

This is the class blog we will use throughout the semester. On this blog you will find the syllabus, all major assignments, the schedule and links to readings, and other helpful resources. You will be completing blog assignments that will be posted throughout the semester.

Please take some time to familiarize with the blog: read the course description and syllabus, browse the assignments, take a look at the class schedule, etc. We will go over most of what is here quickly during our first class; it would be helpful if you came with any questions you might have.

(NOTE: The schedule and assignments are still under construction and will be changing somewhat.)

Until then, enjoy the last days before the semester starts. I so look forward to meeting all of you!

-Evan