Thursday, Jan. 19
INTRO
Tuesday, Jan. 24
George Saunders, “Victory Lap”
George Saunders, “Sticks”
George Sunders, Puppy”
Thursday, Jan. 26
Karen Russell, “Vampires in the Lemon Grove”
Karen Russell, “Reeling for the Empire”
Tuesday, January 31
Hilton Als, “Tristes Tropiques”
Thursday, Feb. 2
Hilton Als, “The Women”
Portfolio Excerpt: Kelsey
Tuesday, Feb. 7
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry
Marianne Moore, “Poetry”*
John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Allen Grossman, “The Lecture”
Discussion leader: Kate
Thursday, February 9
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry
Mary Rueffel, Trances of the Blast, pp. 1-21
Discussion leader: Kelsey
Portfolio Excerpt: Ally
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Garnette Cadogan, “Walking While Black”
Garnette Cadogan, “Love Your Crooked Neighbor / With Your Crooked Heart”
Portfolio Excerpt: Vanessa
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Reading by Garnette Cadogan
Library Browsing Room 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16
NO CLASS
Tuesday, Feb. 21
George Saunders, “Escape from Spiderhead”
George Saunders, “Exhortation”
Discussion leader: Ally
Portfolio Excerpt: Kate
Thursday, Feb. 23
Karen Russell, “The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979”
Karen Russell, “Proving Up”
Discussion leader: Yue
Portfolio Excerpt: Ally
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Molly McCully Brown, The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
Discussion leader: Kate
Thursday, March 2
Molly McCully Brown, The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
Tuesday, March 7
NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 9
NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 14
Class visit by Molly McCully Brown
Reading by Molly McCully Brown
Second Stage / Amherst 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 16
Hilton Als, “This Lonesome Place”
Portfolio Excerpt: Kelsey
Discussion leader: Vanessa
Tuesday, March 21
Hilton Als, “Michael”
Hilton Als, “The Only One”
Hilton Als, “I Am the Happiness of This World”
Portfolio Excerpt: Yue
Thursday, March 23
Mary Ruefle, Trances of the Blast, pp. 22-53
Discussion leader: Kelsey
Portfolio Excerpt: Vanessa
Tuesday, March 28
Debra Nystrom, poems
Reading by Debra Nystrom
Library Browsing Room 8 p.m.
Portfolio Excerpt: Kate
Thursday, March 30
George Saunders, “The Semplica Girl Diaries”
Discussion leader: Vanessa
Portfolio Excerpt: Yue
Tuesday, April 4
Karen Russell, “The Barn at the End of Our Term”
Karen Russell, “Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules…”
Portfolio Excerpt: Kelsey
Discussion leader: Ally
Thursday, April 6
NO CLASS
Tuesday, April 11
Ann Fisher-Wirth, poems
Reading by Ann Fisher-Wirth
Library Browsing Room 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 13
Hilton Als, “A Pryor Love”
Portfolio Excerpt: Kate
Portfolio Excerpt: Yue
Tuesday, April 18
George Saunders, “Tenth of December”
Portfolio Excerpt: Yue
Portfolio Excerpt: Ally
Thursday, April 20
Karen Russell, “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis”
Tuesday, April 25
Mary Ruefle, Trances of the Blast, pp. 52-87
Portfolio Excerpt: Vanessa
Thursday, April 27
FINAL PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION: Ally, Kelsey
Tuesday, May 2
FINAL PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION: Kate, Yue, Vanessa