Tuesday, January 28, 2020

"The Spray" Jonathan Lethem . . . and a song

Listen to the story (at about 16:00) and read along Then, write a short response for each of the following questions:

  1. The text reminds you of . . . ?
  2. What question is this text answering? What problem is it addressing?
  3. What's lurking? Not said in the text?



Thursday, January 23, 2020

Poems about loss

Read the following poems:
What is the main subject of loss in each poem? What is the resolution of the loss? What similarities in resolution do the poems share? Differences?

In what ways do the poems' discussions relate to your story of loss? In what ways do they differ?


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