Assignments Three and Four

Disappointment.

3. Make a new post to your blog.  Possible subjects:  "One of my flaws;" "That's me:  A story;" "I failed;" "Above my head." These topics were inspired by posts published by members of the class.
Due by the start of class on Friday, January 14th.

4.  Read pp. xxiii-xlv of Introduction to The Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate.  At the beginning of Friday's class, I'll ask everyone to write the sentence "I have read the entire assignment and I am ready to discuss it" on a sheet of paper--if it is true;  if it is not true, I'll ask you to explain why."
Due by the start of class on Friday, January 14th.

As you are reading, ask yourself which of the qualities Lopate describes might also describe the kind of personal essayist you imagine yourself becoming.  Later, I will ask you to write about this.