One of the poems in the Vuong book is titled an Immigrant Haibun and I wanted to talk a little bit about that form of writing. I didn’t know the haibun was thing until this semester, when my Flash Forms
Something to Check Out In Your Spare Time (assuming you have any):
This isn’t related to any of the books we’ve discussed in class, but I found this book and comic online, (I found the comic first, then found the book). Both the book and webcomic are titled The Weight of Our
So That They Do Not Hear Us Theory
This might sound crazy, but I thought the chapter was leading up to the revelation that Sinaru’s parents, probably his dad, caused his accident/injury, not a shark attack. I thought maybe something happened while they were at sea–which would explain
Stereotype
This isn’t really closely related to anything, but I came across the origin of the word stereotype in a reading for another class and I thought it was pretty fascinating. In the 1700s, the stereotype was a solid metal (later
Sarah S’s Reading Questions for September 11 (Chin 86-172)
The American Cong only really appears twice in the story—once at the beginning and once at the end when Donald Duk decides to give the police his alibi. What is the American Cong’s purpose in the story? Is it significant