Welcome to the last blog post of the semester! For this blog post, please read either or both articles in the file on Google Docs entitled “Professor_Corva’s_Articles”. The first piece is an interview with Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah and the second piece is an interview with Tom Morello, best known for his work as guitarist the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine. Yes, I am old, but I am still cooler than you! If you don’t know who Wu Tang Clan or Rage Against the Machine is, get your Google on. All of you have to do for this post is share your critique of the articles. Your response can be as long as you’d like.

Post the link to your Google form survey for your research in the comments.

At the end of class on Tuesday, 4/21, I designated a podcast for everyone to listen to. Please listen to that podcast and offer a review of the podcast. Please focus more on what you felt the strong points of the podcast were, but also touch on one area in which the podcaster might want to improve a bit. Be kind in offering your constructive criticism!

Please read this article, written by our class’ very own Elsa Zhou, and discuss what you learned, what resonated with you, and any other constructive thoughts you might have about the piece. Your response should be at least four sentences long.

In the “Final_(Recorded)_Podcasts” Google Docs file, there is another file entitled “Podcast for Blog Post 14”. Please give the podcast a listen and provide a review of the podcast here. Your review should be at least sentences long.

What do you think are the strongest and weakest aspects of McElwee’s piece were and why?

Which parts (if any) of Wallace’s “This Is Water” speech resonated most with you? What parts (if any) did you feel were off-putting (something you didn’t really feel)? Your response should be at least four sentences long.

Conduct some brief research on Tennessee Williams, the author of The Glass Menagerie, and consider how the character of Tom may be influenced by Williams’ own life. Your response should be at least four sentences long.

What stood out to you in this section of the book and why? What does Baldwin risk by being so forthright with someone like Elijah Muhammad?