It also occurs to me I have no African-American writers.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:54:42 pm PDT #3462 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:56:38 pm PDT #3463 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And August Wilson, the one I'd love most to teach, doesn't fit in to my scheme.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 5:56:39 pm PDT #3464 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
If you can fit Their Eyes Were Watching God in there somewhere, that's a great canonical text. Toni Morrison's Beloved has also been known to show up on AP Lit exams. I have scads of AA Lit references and short stories from teaching the class a few years ago. Let me know if you want to look through any of it.
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 5:57:34 pm PDT #3465 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Beloved is such a slog for me! I mean, I know it's supposed to be wonderful. But I picked it up and put it back down uncompleted at least 3 times.
meara - Apr 24, 2008 5:59:10 pm PDT #3466 of 10001
Christopher Durang is so much fun! And given how beloved he is when it comes to doing silly college theater, I suspect a lot of AP high schoolers would love his stuff too.
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 6:00:39 pm PDT #3467 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
He also fits the AP Board's call to teach "a variety of lit from the 16th to 21st century" (paraphrasing) since he's so contemporary.
ETA: BWAH! I'd never been to his homepage before. [link] (It was the "to enter, click on..." part that set off a coughing fit of laughter.)
sarameg - Apr 24, 2008 6:07:58 pm PDT #3468 of 10001
I love reading this discussion, Especially since I've read/heard (I don't know which) lately of Isabel Allende's latest bio-book. I read Paula on a bus through Slovakia in a fog and remember desperately trying not to cry as a castle came into view. Allende, Marquez, Alvarez, Cisneros and a few other latin authors have a special place for me.
Atropa - Apr 24, 2008 6:34:52 pm PDT #3469 of 10001
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Kat, would any of the short stories by Angela Carter work for what you're looking for?
Kat - Apr 24, 2008 6:41:42 pm PDT #3470 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
For Magical Realism, Jilli?
Atropa - Apr 24, 2008 6:44:16 pm PDT #3471 of 10001
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For Magical Realism, Jilli?
Yes. I was also trying to think if any of her short stories would work for your Grotesque section, but I'm not sure. Another author that would be good for Magical Realism is Ray Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes or Dandelion Wine.