HMHV 201 Fall 2011 : Calendar of Readings & Responsibilities

Assignments Due on the Date Listed
Specifics for Freewriting Assignments, Craft Exercises, & Essay Assignments will be indicated in the daily agendas

Week 1

8/23 Syllabus & Introductions

8/25   READ:  Richard Preston's "The Possessed" 

          WRITE:  "A Writing Process Self-Audit"

In Class: Quiz on "The Possessed"

 

Week 2

8/30 READ:  Stephen King's “On Impact”

WRITE: Reading Response #1

9/1  READ: Philip Lopate's: "Writing Personal Essays: On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character"

Week 3

9/6     READ: Penny Wolfson’s “Moonrise”

WRITE: Reading Response #2

In Class: sample reading response

9/8    READ: Patricia Hampl's "Memory & Imagination"

READ: HMHV 201 Alumni essays

 

Week 4

9/13   READ: Danielle Ofri: Readings from Singular Intimacies

WRITE: Reading Response #3

9/15  READ: Danielle Ofri: Readings from Singular Intimacies

Week 5

9/20  READ: Emily Rapp's POSTER CHILD

WRITE: Reading Response #4

9/22  READ: Emily Rapp's POSTER CHILD

Emily Rapp visits

 

Week 6

9/27  Essay Draft #1 Due

9/29   TBA

Week 7: 10/4 & 10/6 No Class Meetings: Small Group Workshops: Essay Draft #1

Week 8

10/11   No Class: Small Group Workshops: Essay Draft #1

10/13  Fall Break

Week 9

10/18  READ: Frank Huyler's THE BLOOD OF STRANGERS

WRITE: Reading Response #5

10/20  READ: THE BLOOD OF STRANGERS

Frank Huyler visits

Week 10

10/25  READ: Early & Published Drafts of Gregory Martin's "Cutting the Snow"

READ: Jane Smiley's "What Stories Teach Their Writers: The Purpose & Practice of Revision"

WRITE: Reading Response #6

10/27  READ: Early & Published Drafts of Gregory Martin's "Macular Degeneration"

Week 11  

11/1  READ: Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Lucky Jim”

WRITE: Reading Response #7

11/3  READ: Chris Offutt's "The Eleventh Draft"

Week 12

11/8  READ: Atul Gawande's COMPLICATIONS

WRITE: Reading Response #8

11/10  READ: Atul Gawande's COMPLICATIONS

Week 13

11/15 Essay Draft #2 Due

11/17 READ: Lauren Slater's "Three Spheres"

Week 14

11/22 No Class: Small Group Workshops: Essay Drafts #2

11/24 Thanksgiving Break

Week 15

11/29 No Class: Small Group Workshops: Essay Draft #2

12/1 No Class: Small Group Workshops: Essay Drafts #2

Week 16

12/6   READ: Tracy Kidder's "The Good Doctor"

WRITE: Reading Response #9

12/8   Discussion: The Preface & the Portfolio

Week 17

Final Portfolios Due