Textual Connections

Welcome to our blog, where I'll post interesting tidbits related to the authors, artists and texts we are studying this semester and where I'll ask you to read, think, and respond to said tidbits.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

I can't resist: More Lynda Barry!

This is the homemade homework assignment sheet Lynda Barry gave her class this week. 
Chewbacca is headlining. 


And, here is the syllabus for the same class that she taught last spring. 
Note that she doesn't grade for technical ability but for time and effort. 



Also, a great NYTimes article that describes in detail her creative writing workshops and how she provides the opportunity for regular folks to unlock images, smells, sounds that are attached to memories.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/cartoonist-lynda-barry-will-make-you-believe-in-yourself.html
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3 comments:

  1. Danielle MFebruary 16, 2014 at 9:01 PM

    I am thrilled that so many of these authors have Tumblr accounts!
    I saw these on her blog and was fascinated by how she uses her Tumblr as a means of communicating with her students!

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    1. Amanda HartFebruary 17, 2014 at 12:36 PM

      How cool would it be to give a homework sheet like these to our future students?!

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    2. Danielle MFebruary 17, 2014 at 12:39 PM

      I think that would be amazing!

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