Week 6: Coming of Age in America

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come down
And save my soul
Hold on to 16 as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

—John Mellancamp, "Jack & Diane"

Tu 9.28
Read: CR—“Graduation” by Maya Angelou, “Love in the Time of Liquor” by Koren Zailckas; GUY—p. 44-122; eR—“#1 Party School” from This American Life (2009)
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations (Sec. 20: Samantha, Colbie); Preview—Autobiographical essay
Due: Journal 3

Th 9.30
Read: GUY—p. 123-168
In-Class: Autobiographical essay

UPCOMING:

WEEK 7: GENDER IN AMERICA 

Tu 10.5
Read: CR—“What Girls Want” by Caitlin Flanagan, “Tight Jeans and Chiana Chorris” by Sonia Shah, “What Women Want (Maybe)” by Andy Newman; GUY—p. 169-216; eR—“I Enjoy Being a Girl, Sort of” from This American Life (1998)
In-Class: Lecture—“Gender on Film”

Th 10.7
Read: CR—“Pushing Away the Plate” by Min Jin Lee, “The men We Carry in Our Minds” by Scott Russell Sanders, “Are You in a Bromance? (Or is it Just a Man Crush)” by Simon Dumenico, “Faking It” by Michael Chabon, “The Problem with Boys” by Tom Chiarella; GUY—p. 217-265
In-Class: Reading discussion; Preview—Expository essay
Due: Journal 4 
Note: This class should be attended by men only. Women should email me their journals by noon.