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Telling Brooklyn Stories, Fall 2012:
Effective Speaking
SPE 1330, section 6366
Prof. Justin Davis
M/W 11:30-12:45
Office Hours: T/Th 9:00-11:00English Composition I
ENG 1101, section 5381
Prof Jody R. Rosen
M/W 1:00-2:15
Office Hours: M 2:15-2:45
W 10:30-11:30, 2:15-2:45
Category Archives: ENG 1101
Reading Lucy: Summary
“Reading Lucy”, is a essay written by ,well renowned writer, Jennifer Egan. In her essay Jennifer described how she formed a ‘friendship’ with a woman named Lucille Kolkin, a navy yard worker during World War II. While researching for a … Continue reading
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Lucille Kolkin, “Reading Lucy,” and related artifacts
You have been assigned “Reading Lucy,” an essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan (The Place Where We Dwell 253-259). In lieu of going to the Brooklyn Historical Society to examine the Kolkin collection that Egan writes about, we can … Continue reading
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“Who Knows Brooklyn”
Who Knows Brooklyn is a story written by Ben McGrath about two “historians” that live in Brooklyn competing in life for no reason. The two historians names are Brian Merlis and John Manbeck. In the story it explains how Brian … Continue reading
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“Who Knows Brooklyn?”
Who Knows Brooklyn? by Ben McGrath is about two untrained male historians, from Brooklyn, who obviously have a problem with each other. Brian Merlis is a social studies high school teacher who collects photographs and lives on the south shore … Continue reading
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Who Knows Brooklyn
The article “Who Knows Brooklyn” by Ben McGrath is about a feud between two authors claiming that they know Brooklyn better then anyone else. Brian Merlis and John Manbeck criticize each others work without even having an open mind as … Continue reading
Who Knows Brooklyn? – Summary
In this short passage from “The New Yorker” we get this interesting “tug of war” between two authors who are battling for whos more credible when it comes to Brooklyn and its history. The passage starts out with the introduction … Continue reading
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“WHO KNOWS BROOKLYN ?”
The short story we had to read “Who Knows Brooklyn?” is about two authors that both claim to know all about Brooklyn and are experts at it, but they are both very biased and different. John Manbeck is the first … Continue reading
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Library Session
On Wednesday, we went to the library and learned about different types of maps. We were given actual maps from decades ago and were able to touch them and look about them. We also received a handout and were put into groups … Continue reading
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Library Session
On Wednesday we has a joint session on the second floor of the City Tech library. i have been there many times but not to the upstairs area. We didnt look around much, we went straight into one room, where … Continue reading
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Two New Yorks
I chose the Supreme Court of New York State and the Christopher Columbus statue in Cadman Plaza because they are both just a few years apart but the court house was thought of years before the sculptor of the Columbus … Continue reading
“Who Knows Brooklyn”
Please read “Who Knows Brooklyn” by Ben McGrath. This short reading is from The New Yorker magazine. Leave a comment here about quality of sources–what do you take away from this reading about sources on history? about book publishing in general?
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BHS HW – 10/1
On 10/1, I learned many things from our trip to the Brooklyn Hisorical Society. First off, my classmates and I got see BHS indoors for the first time, and it actually really did look historical, especially in the library, you … Continue reading
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Brooklyn Historical Society
On Monday, we went to Brooklyn Historical Society, where we met up again with Julie and Robin. The building is really nice and even antique looking, even the grand stairs creaked! We learned about maps and its collection. My group … Continue reading
homework 10/1 bhs and map
I really enjoyed our trip to the Brooklyn Historical Society. I found it fascinating how much changes over time. It’s incredible that people have managed to save all these documents for later generations to see. It just goes to show how important … Continue reading
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Walking experience
Well I started off walking out the front doors of City Tech and made a left and walked past the court and up to Fulton street, where I seen a lot of nice clothing stores, this area is called Fulton … Continue reading
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