CSUN English 098: Spring 2007 Reading List

Required Texts

• Covell, Scott and Patricia Murray. Living in America: a Popular Culture Reader. Mountain View: Mayfield, 1998. aka LIA
• Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. New York: Tor, 1999. aka ES
• Silverman, Hughes, and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004. aka ROT
• A college level dictionary.

Recommended online manual source:

Readings from Living in America

• Personal Narratives
  • William Least Heat Moon. "West Texas."
  • Gail Godwin. "The Watcher at the Gates."

• Readings for "concept" paper:

  Refer to the class schedule for due dates.

  • Saukko. "How to Poison Earth."
  • Shaheen. "The Media's Image of Arabs."
  • Baca. "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americas."
  • Gates. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man"
  • Vonnegut. "A Final Word on Censorship from Kurt Vonnegut."

    Substitutions and changes will be announced in class as well as on the web. Readings from New Voices will be decided in class and posted to the web.

    Last Revised 17 March 07

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