After each assigned reading , you must answer the 1st two questions that follow
TEXTBOOKS - The Writer's Presence (8th Ed.) McQuade and Atwan
"I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady
HW: Read: "The Necklace"
HW: "Leave Your Name at the Border," by Manual Munoz, pg. 208
"Arrival," by Ha Jin, pg. 161
"What's Your Name Girl," by Maya Angelou, pg. 55
Read the "General Writing Resources" on Purdue Owl Website:
HW: "Small Change: Why the Revolution will Not Be Tweeted", by Malcolm Gladwell, pg. 422
"Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space", by Brent Staples, pg. 260
"If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?", by Geeta Kothari, pg. 172
HW: Read "A Few Too Many" by Joan Acorella pg. 319, "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" by Dave Berry pg. 341 and "The Insufficiency of Honesty" by Steven L. Carter pg. 362 "What You Don't Know Makes Your Nervous" by Daniel Gilbert pg. 417
HW: "Why Boys Don't Play With Dolls" by Katha Pollitt pg. 544, "Hip Hop Planet" by James McBride pg. 482, "Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good" by Eric Scholosser pg. 547 Work on Rough Draft of Essay #2
HW: Read: "No Name Woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston pg. 453, "This is the Life" by Annie Dillard, "On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner pg. 399
HW: "Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr pg. 588, "Will Women Still Need Men" by Barbara Ehrenreich pg. 598, "Against Love" by Laura Kipnis pf. 660
HW: "The Trouble with Diversity" by Walter Benn Michaels, "The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery" by Camille Paglia pg. 691 "What Isn't for Sale" by Michael J. Sandel pg. 713, "The Tyranny of Choice" by Barry Schwartz pg. 720