Winter's Night Blog

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If you want to get a jump on the weekend reading, head to Jonathan Lethem's article at Harper's.com . We'll discuss it Monday, p...

We discussed "skimming" today in class.  Your assignment for this weekend is to skim your book, noting the main idea and organizat...

As we've been reading Into the Wild , we have returned to one question again and again: Why did he do it? Now, I turn this ques...

Lack London's short story "To Light a Fire" can be found here Here's your reading schedule for Into the Wild.  Read thro...

It's nearly spring! I just hope it gets warm enough for us to read some Walden outdoors. ( But why would that matter?  How does that ma...

Great first day, guys.  I hate talking as much as I did, but I think we're set for the year.  If you want a copy of the syllabus or the ...