097 Reading List from We, Too, Sing America.

• Sept 9: "My Prison Studies." Malcolm X

• Sept 16: "My Mother's English." Amy Tan

• Sept 23: "On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read." David Raymond

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  The following readings were chosen by the students last semester. This class will be choosing its own readings for this semester. Please look through your text for essays you wish to nominate. We will vote as a class on Sept 18.

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• Sept 30:
  • "Father and Child." Shelley Moore (73).

• Oct 7:
  • "American Men Don't Cry." Ashley Montagu (99).

• Oct 14:
  • "I'd Rather Be Black than Female." Shirley Chisholm (102).

• Oct 21:
  • "Focusing on Friends." Steve Tesich (117).

• Oct 28:
  • "His Talk, Her Talk. Joyce Maynard (280).

• Nov 4:
  • "Does America Still Exist?" Richard Rodriguez (313).

• Nov 18:
  • "Black Hair." Gary Soto (256).
  • Student choice article from WTSA