CSUN English 113-B: Spring 2016 Tentative Reading List

Required Texts

• Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. 2010. aka SB

• Norton Field Guide to Writing: with Readings and Handbook. 3nd edition. Bullock, Goggin and Weinberg eds. Norton.New York, 2013.

• Sustainability: a Reader for Writers. Ed. Carl Herndl. Oxford UP. New York. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-994750-8.

• A college level dictionary.

Refer to the moodle for the class schedule and due dates. Tentative readings and other materials may change as class progresses.

• Project Space: Trash and Sustainability

  • Royte. Garbage Land: the Trail of Trash various excerpts retrieved in Mahara or as HO.
  • Carson, Rachel.: "The Obligation to Endure." Excerpt from Silent Spring (4 - 11)
  • Suzuki, David. "The Sacred Balance." HO
  • Hardin, Garret. "Tragedy of the Commons." (28 - 46).
  • Diamond. "The World as a Polder." (15 - 27)
  • Leonard, Annie. "The Story of Stuff." video
  • "The Gleaners and I." Varda. Video.

• Sample paper: "Rare Earth Elements: Economics of Waste and Recovery, "