Required Reading for English 1121 D477 Spring 2017
Plato, “Allegory of the Cave”
James Baldwin, “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew,” originally published in The Fire Next Time (New York: Dial Press, 1963).
Edwidge Danticat,“Message to my Daughters”, originally published in The Fire this Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race, edited by Jesmyn Ward (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016).
Sarah Schulman, Selected Readings Note: this includes biographical information, a selected bibliography and selections from The Cosmopolitans (New York: Feminist Press, 2016). Please print this entire packet for readings by and about Sarah Schulman.
Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013).
Dominique Morisseau, Skeleton Crew. You can order a pre-publication manuscript of this play from Samuel French here.
Scene One of Skeleton Crew is available below. There is also one copy available on reserve at the library.
