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Muse of Fire: Yan Lianke (trans. Cindy Carter), _Dream of Ding Village_
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Yan Lianke (trans. Cindy Carter), Dream of Ding Village. Yan Lianke's harrowing, often macabre novel, based on a true incident, is a searing indictment of personal and governmental corruption and materialism. Attempting to alleviate poverty, the villagers of Ding Village, in rural Henan Province, China, begin selling their blood plasma, creating a rampant HIV epidemic. A tragic chain of events ensues, dissolving the bonds of family and community life. Blogs, Wikis, and Nings.
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Muse of Fire: September 2010
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Friday, September 24, 2010. Benjamin Cayetano: Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor. Wednesday, September 22, 2010. MT Anderson, The Feed. He does a particularly masterful job skewering linguistic deterioration: adolescents utilize a superficial, minimalist, neo-California style sociolect, chock full of fillers, profanity, and hedges, and devoid of any lexical richness or edge, e.g. "Unit! Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One. Is a classic bildungsroman, chronicling the life of Peekay (short for "Piss...
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Muse of Fire: July 2011
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Yan Lianke (trans. Cindy Carter), Dream of Ding Village. Yan Lianke's harrowing, often macabre novel, based on a true incident, is a searing indictment of personal and governmental corruption and materialism. Attempting to alleviate poverty, the villagers of Ding Village, in rural Henan Province, China, begin selling their blood plasma, creating a rampant HIV epidemic. A tragic chain of events ensues, dissolving the bonds of family and community life. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Muse of Fire: Ekphractic Visual Response Poem
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Ekphractic Visual Response Poem. My colleague Joe seeded the idea for this ekphractic poem assignment, which I modified for my freshman classes. Literally, description, from ekphrazein. To recount, describe, from ex-. To point out, explain. First Known Use: 1715. A literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art. Definition courtesy of http:/ www.merriam-webster.com/browse/dictionary/ekphrasis. EKPHRACTIC POETRY ASSIGNMENT: Visual Response Poem. Image: 40.5 x...
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Muse of Fire: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010. John Ratey, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. Ratey's Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. Is the most fascinating and inspiring text I've perused in a long spell: a must-read for educators and anyone who's interested in optimizing their holistic health and cognitive resources, decreasing stress, and staving off mental, as well as overall physical degeneration (that's everyone, right? 6 Boosts immune system by rallying im...
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Muse of Fire: February 2009
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Monday, February 23, 2009. Cormac McCarthy, The Road. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part I. Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part II. British Broadcasting Corporation News. Blogs, Wikis, and Nings. Art of the Spoken Word Class Blog. Cowell's English I Class Blog. Deb Peterson: "He Mea Hoihoi". Doug Kiang: "Noble Pursuits: Technology in Education". English Companion Ning: Where English Teachers Go to Help Each Other. English Dept. Blog.
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Muse of Fire: July 2009
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Thursday, July 2, 2009. Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese. Although I'm not normally a big fan of graphic novels, I was enthralled with Gene Yang. S amazing graphic novel, American Born Chinese. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part I. Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part II. British Broadcasting Corporation News. Blogs, Wikis, and Nings. Art of the Spoken Word Class Blog. Cowell's English I Class Blog. Deb Peterson: "He Mea Hoihoi".
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Muse of Fire: Greg Mortensen, _Three Cups of Tea_ and _Stones Into Schools_
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Monday, May 17, 2010. Greg Mortensen, Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools. In these two non-fiction accounts, Greg Mortensen, head of the Central Asia Institute. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part I. Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part II. British Broadcasting Corporation News. Blogs, Wikis, and Nings. Art of the Spoken Word Class Blog. Cowell's English I Class Blog. Deb Peterson: "He Mea Hoihoi". English Dept. Blog.
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Muse of Fire: Bryce Courtenay, _The Power of One_
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One. Buster, one of my freshman English Award winners and an astute, avid reader, gifted me with this novel, his "favorite book", before school let out for summer. Indeed, a terrific, affirming page-turner on every account. Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part I. Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part II. British Broadcasting Corporation News.
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Muse of Fire: April 2010
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Thursday, April 1, 2010. Alice Hoffman, Incantation. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part I. Said Hyder Akbar: "Come Back to Afghanistan", Part II. British Broadcasting Corporation News. Blogs, Wikis, and Nings. Art of the Spoken Word Class Blog. Cowell's English I Class Blog. Deb Peterson: "He Mea Hoihoi". Doug Kiang: "Noble Pursuits: Technology in Education". English Companion Ning: Where English Teachers Go to Help Each Other. English Dept. Blog.
