Monthly Archives: April 2012

Natalie and I chose to do our presentation on one of the poems by Sara Teasdale, titled “Coney Island”, on page 408. Since I live in Brooklyn, near Coney Island, and Nat’s parents are Brooklynites, we’re both familiar with the … Continue reading →

I decided to do my presentation on Junky, by William S. Burroughs because the excerpt reminded me of a friend who is in a similar state. In this passage of Junky, Burroughs describes 103rd and Broadway, where drug dealers and … Continue reading →

I chose “Impostors” by James D. McCabe for this presentation reading. As I was going through the table of contents, the title caught my eye. It also reminded me of the first paper I wrote for this class. “Attention seeking … Continue reading →

New York City is no mere City. Every decade and every century the City sees millions of people who awe its majesty. In the present scheme of society New York is considered to be “the freest of American cities”, where … Continue reading →

My presentation is on George W. Plunkitt’s Honest Grafting and Dishonest Grafting. I was interesting in this topic because I was searching through the index for a story to read and the word graft caught my eye. I didn’t know … Continue reading →

I chose to read Hellen Keller’s ‘I go Adventuring.’ I found this to be a moving short story of the appreciation Keller had for NYC, despite being deaf and blind. She explained that when she feels cut off or lonely, … Continue reading →

I decided to do a close reading for Fanny Fern’s Tyrants of the Shop. The close reading was meant to help me find key themes in, what seems to me, newspaper column to organize my presentation. Fern is essentially writing … Continue reading →

For me the editing process was a bit difficult. This is mostly because my thesis wasn’t fully matured to where the paper practically writes itself. I had a general argument that is clear to me but it may not be … Continue reading →