Schedule

Please note that this schedule is always subject to change. Failure to bring reading material to class will negatively impact your grade.

-- week one --
T 1/6 Introductions
R 1/8 Gish Jen, "What Means Switch" and Nash Candelaria, "The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne" (print and bring both texts to class).

-- week two --
T 1/13:  Dictee (up to page 122)
R 1/15: Dictee (finish novel)
Discussion questions due at least two hours prior to Thursday's class. See Canvas for details.

-- week three --
T 1/20: My Year of Meats (pages 1-83)
R 1/22: My Year of Meats (84-167)
Discussion questions produced in class this week. 

-- week four --
T 1/27: My Year of Meats (conclude novel)
R 1/29: Lucy, a Novel ("Poor Visitor" to "The Tongue")
Discussion questions due at least two hours prior to Thursday's class. See Canvas for details.

-- week five --
T 2/3: Lucy, a Novel (conclude novel)
R 2/5: Midterm exam (Take home. NO CLASS)

-- week six --
T 2/10: Tropic of Orange ("Monday," and "Tuesday") 
R 2/12: NO CLASS ("Wednesday")

-- week seven --
T 2/17: Tropic of Orange (finish novel)
R 2/19: Tropic of Orange, final discussion; Zine breakout session  
Discussion questions due at least two hours prior to Tuesday's regular class time. See Canvas for details.

-- week eight --
T 2/24: Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Read through all of chapters 1 & 2 for Tuesday's class)
R 2/26: Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Continue up through chapter 3 for Thursday's class)  
Discussion questions due at least two hours prior to Thursday's class. See Canvas for details.
NOTE: Your zine contribution is due no later than Saturday 2/28 by 8PM. Failure to submit your piece by this deadline may likely mean your work will not be included in the final zine.

-- week nine --
T 3/3: Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Finish novel by Tuesday's class)
R 3/5: Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 
Discussion questions due at least two hours prior to Thursday's class. See Canvas for details.

-- week ten --
T 3/10: TBA 
R 3/12: Conclusion and Evals.

The take-home final exam is due via Canvas no later than Monday, March 16th at 10PM.

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