Response to "Being James Brown"

Once again, you can respond in any substantive and non-qualitative fashion you wish to the piece. 

You might want to consider thinking about what work Lethem had to put into the piece: what difficulties did you sense he faced in the pre-writing process? Who do you think are some of the people he talked to and why?

Remember to write a minimum of 250 words to receive credit and to respond to one of your peers' posts as well.

In case you lost the link, here it is again:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/being-james-brown-rolling-stones-2006-cover-story-20101224

Response to "Somehow Form a Family"

Please post your blog response to the story here. You can feel free to respond in any substantive way you choose (that means going beyond superficiality: likes, dislikes, summary, et cetera; none of that will be acceptable or given credit), but some starting points to consider are the style of the story, the way in which it uses repetition, the effect and themes of the story, the language and craft, et cetera.

Anything less than 250 words will not receive credit. Do not forget to respond to one of your peers' posts as well.

Response to "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden," by Denis Johnson

Please post your blog response to the story here. You can feel free to respond in any substantive way you choose (that means going beyond superficiality: likes, dislikes, summary, et cetera; none of that will be acceptable or given credit), but some starting points to consider are the structure of the story, the way in which it uses vignettes, connective threads between vignettes, the effect and themes of the story, the language and craft, et cetera.

Anything less than 250 words will not receive credit.

Posts are to be done before midnight on Tuesday 9/5 so that you have time to respond to one of your peers' posts before class. Responses to peers' posts should at least be a few sentences and engage in some sort of dialogue--do more than just agree, or disagree!