Graeme knows who John Gardner is. Do you? Graeme has peanut butter cups to prove it. Do you?
Tonight: Work on your next two pages which are due Thursday. Re-submit your first two pages so I can remember where I left off. Thanks.
THURSDAY: YOU WILL BE PRESENTING AN INTRO TO A POEM AND A POEM. I AM EXPECTING YOUR BEST. SEE LAST FRIDAY'S BLOG POST FOR THE CRITERIA. ARRIVE WITH YOUR POEM AND INTRODUCTION ALREADY CHOSEN. DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU CAN READ A POEM ALOUD AND ENGAGE AN AUDIENCE WITH YOUR RECITATION.
Thanks to Prasant for an engaging look at Carver's story, "The Viewfinder". If you were away today, ask to read it and to do the exercise.
I read a longer Carver story to the class called, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". Think long and hard about that story. So, what do we talk about when we talk about love? Why so much exposition in that story? Does it work? Why are there so many descriptions of light and gin? What is the "make-up" / legend motif all about? Why does the narrator wish to walk off alone into the sunset? Why can't Laura understand that?
Look at the way the story uses anecdote--the story about Ed, the traffic accident, the vassals/vessels.
Look at the way it uses the cardiologist as the speaker in the story, yet, he is not the narrator.
What is the point of view?
If you spend time, reviewing this story, you will become a better writer. No doubt about that.
