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The end of pumpkin bread

♦ March 24, 2012 ♦ Leave a comment

I used the last of my pumpkin puree, so no more pumpkin bread until the fall. I finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Matt Bell’s “How They Were Found.” The short story I’ve been thinking about for months is making progress. It’s nice to have something on paper. And there’s a nice short fiction making progress. …

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Noodles!

♦ March 7, 2012 ♦ 2 Comments

I wrote part of the short story I’ve been meaning to work on for months. Almost finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.”  

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Two Short Stories–Adichie and Carver

♦ January 19, 2012 ♦ Leave a comment

I read “Ceiling” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in “The Best American Short Stories 2011,” ed. by Geraldine Brooks and “Feathers” by Raymond Carver in “Cathedral.” In “Ceiling” Obinze thinks about the woman he dated before he married Kosi. The way the story moves between the past and present is a good case study of how …

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Spring Semester Texts

♦ December 20, 2011 ♦ Leave a comment

The Spring 2012 semester I will be taking the following classes: Contemporary Fiction, Senior BFA Thesis Workshop, Introduction to Folklore and Folklife, and Perspectives on International Media. These classes collectively complete my undergraduate career. I’ll need the following textbooks, which I will most likely share with you: Perspectives on International Media Little Bunch of Madmen: Elements …

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