Readings for the Memoir Quiz

The following essays will be included on the Memoir Quiz on Blackboard (Monday, May 9) along with questions about the memoir form. Use your class discussion notes and read the texts before you take this quiz on Blackboard. Class discussion dates are indicated here, so you can find them in your notes:

1. 1. 1. 1. Jose Olivarez’s “Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing”
         2. Junot Diaz’s “The Money” (April 28 class session)
         3.  Việt Thanh Nguyen, “America Say My Name (May 3 class session)
         4. Beth Nguyễn “America Ruined My Name for Me” (May 3 class session)

May 9 sounds farther away than it actually is! I suggest you read these short memoir pieces over spring break and review them again before the quiz. They are good reads! This is our last reading quiz of the semester.