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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: May 2010
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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. Neal Shusterman, Unwind. S dark, Swiftian dystopia. A fast-paced, discussion-provoking read, sure to engage even reluctant readers. 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. Greg Mor...
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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.