Monday, November 22, 2010

"Notes from a New Orleans Daughter" by Sheryl St. Germain

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     This was a very interesting piece. I was especially fond of the authors voice and writing style, which let the reader basically into he...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

"Household Words" by Barbara Kingsolver

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     Wow, what irony. Immediately before reading this piece, I was at Buffalo Wild Wings for a social function with my business fraternity. ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

"Notes From a Parallel Universe" by Jennifer Kahn

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     This was a very interesting and odd piece. I appreciated how Kahn took it upon herself to delve into the works of cranks, which as she ...
Monday, November 8, 2010

"The Dead of Winter" by Debbie Drechsler

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     I loved this piece. And I'm not normally a huge fan of graphic novels, either. I think what I liked most about it though was the ar...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

"The Things They Carried" by Demetria Martinez

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     This piece has a very strong message. I especially liked the line "...abandoned by their smuggler, abandoned by a gluttonous natio...
Monday, November 1, 2010

"What's Inside You, Brother"

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     I have mixed feelings about this piece. The fact that it was written in second person both drew me to and turned me off from the essay....
Thursday, October 28, 2010

"Uncle Tony's Goat" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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     The whole time I was reading this piece I was expecting something exciting or tragic to happen at the end, maybe that Silko would shoot...