Readings and Assignments for the Week of October 17- October 23, 2005

Tuesday, October 18, 2005:

Please read Chapter 9 (Beyond the Rational) from Writing Poems.

Important!! Poem #3 -- Dramatic Monologue with Bibliography is due today! (See post below for guidelines).

Thursday, October 20, 2005;

Please read Chapter 12 (Becoming a Poet) from Writing Poems.

Important!! Please make sure to bring five copies of ANY one of the three poems you've written thus far to class for small-group workshopping today.

And here is this week's memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box for blog posts due on Sunday, October 23:

Write about the first time you went away from home alone. Was it a vacation? Was it for work? Were you looking for something? Were you running away? Do you see that excursion as a "hero's journey", or did you go kicking and screaming? How did it change you?

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Finally, here is a link for information on the VLP Short Story Contest, coming up on Saturday, October 22, 12:00-3:00 p.m., in McKusick Technology Computer Lab: http://www.usd.edu/~projlit/storycontest.cfm

And here is a link to the John R. Milton Writers' Conference, October 27-29, 2005. If you check the conference program/schedule link, you'll find that there are six readings free and open to the public that you can attend: http://www.usd.edu/engl/milton