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The VIP and I went at it, hammer and tongs, audience squirming. I am my mother’s daughter, constitutionally incapable of backing down from a fight. Man in Detroit (or wherever) whose heart burned brightly for William Butler Yeats. The VIP went on to babble about some kind of shared, American identity and also his pet poetry project in which he had recorded thousands of Americans reading their favorite poem and among these was an old Black man in Chicago (or wherever) who loved Longfellow and another old Black Shame on me for suggesting Lorde, because of her intertwining identities, might speak to that young woman in a way the others would not. That, it turned out, was recommending a Black female poet to an aspiring Black female poet. She nodded.Ī little stunned, I tried to regain my footing. When he finished, I asked the young woman if I could add to that. He went down his list I don’t remember who he said, only that they were all fine poets, and also white and male. Or maybe she asked the Very Important Poet for some poets she should be sure to read. The event was a fundraiser our job was to sit pretty before an audience and be interviewed by several high school students, aspiring writers all.Īfter the usual round of questions-When did you know you wanted toīe a writer? Where do you get your ideas?-one student, a young Black woman, asked us each to recommend a poet she should be sure to read.

You will cite these sources using internal citations (example below).I once sat on a panel with a Very Important Poet, a former US laureate.

single spaced, APA format for citations.

Other: closr reading :song lyrics by a Mystery Artist part 1.

American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide, 6th Edition.

– 100% (GOOD RATED) Business environment/ Opportunities to apply to various positions of interest.

– 100% (GOOD RATED) Difference between “leadership” and “management”.

– 100% (GOOD RATED) Advocacy statement.

– 100% (GOOD RATED) How education funding and governance affect educational reform.

– 100% (GOOD RATED) Philosophy/ Concerning Human Understanding.

How do you feel about each character’s attitude toward his writing? Is one more phony than the other?

In setting up the conflict between Vivaldo and Richard regarding the writing of fiction, Baldwin is commenting on the purity of art in an era of commercialism.

Hypothesis: Ida differs from Rufus more than she resembles him.

What does Baldwin’s fiction say about the convoluted nature of desire? How does fear, jealousy, or self-doubt motivate each character? Got that? For instance, if Vivaldo loves Ida, why is Rufus always in his head? Explore one of the novel’s triangulations. Sometimes this leads to a “triangulation of desire,” in which A professes to love B, but is really more interested in a relationship with C, who in turn might be an interested observer of the connection between A and B.

Often, when two characters try to connect, there’s a third character around (physically or psychologically) to complicate the situation.

How would you define “privilege” in Another Country? Is Cass the most privileged character, and if so, by what standard? Who else figures as privileged? What advantages do they maintain? Are they aware of these advantages? Do they feel guilty? Do they wield their advantages against others?

After her liaison with Eric, Cass muses on her “privilege,” summoning a word that has reemerged in current cultural discourse.How does Rufus’s drumming, Ida’s singing, or the blues music filling the bars and apartments work to set the novel’s atmosphere?

Pick a few examples in which music lends coherence to the narrative or commentary on what the characters are doing or thinking.Any form of plagiarism can result in failure of the course.

If you want to make brief reference to another novel by Baldwin or someone else, that’s fine, but please don’t go to online sources looking for what someone else thinks about Another Country. Instead, work with what you’ve uncovered as you’ve read.

I don’t want any outside sources for this paper.

Instead, I want a pointed analysis of one key aspect that looms large for you.

I don’t want a summary of the book’s plot.

Instead, I want your analysis of the narrative, themes, and/or characters.

I don’t want much biographical information about the author in this short paper.

The term paper will give you an opportunity to explore a set of texts in greater depth. Each short paper is an opportunity for you to cover a key issue in our current reading. The papers should be four pages long, double-spaced.