Hi Everyone,

Thanks to Bibi (thank you again Bibi!), I have updated our syllabus and the schedule on the blog. Basically, we won’t see each other very much for the next few weeks. Our next meeting is Thursday the 17th (9 days from today!).

I have posted the readings that you will be responsible to discuss at our next meeting here on the schedule page, one by Roland Barthes and the other by Virginia Woolf. Please read these essays for bits of advice about how to tell a personal story and write down at least one of these bits of advice to bring to our next meeting.  I will ask all of you to share your advice in class.

Most important, I have posted the prompt(s) for your first assignment here. Begin brainstorming as soon as you can, preferably after you do the Barthes/Woolf readings, and make sure to bring your brainstorming list to class next Thursday (details about this list are in the assignment).

If you have any questions at all between now and then, let me know. I’m happy to talk via email or in-person.

Oh yes, and thanks for such a great batch of poems today! I had a great time reading them this afternoon.

Talk to you later.