Week 10 Assignments

Workshop Preparation
Respond to the fiction from your workshop group by completing a Peer Response Form (handed out in class and posted to the blog) for each piece. Forms should be typed. Bring two copies of each response to class November 5th, one for the writer, and one for me.

Writing Assignment
Bring in a piece of poetry for workshop the following week. You will need to bring 6 copies of your work, one for each person in your workshop group and one for me.

Read for Next Week
from Composition in Retrospect, John Cage
Present Tense, Harryette Mullen from Sleeping with the Dictionary
Sonnet 2 and Sonnet 18, Ted Berrigan
New Years Resolution, Lydia Davis
Sonnet 14, John Berryman

Blog
1. Post an entry about any one of the readings this week. This may be a critical or creative piece of about 200-300 words. It MUST respond to your chosen reading in some way, either by identifying and discussing craft elements, themes, or techniques or by using those elements in a creative response.

2. Post comments on at least three other entries. Remember, this is not a place for critiquing each other’s work. Instead, identify something from the piece that strikes or interests you, ask a neutral question about the work, or suggest ways the author could deepen or expand it.