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Literary Journalism

Literary Journalism

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Writing from observation, about people, places, and things in the present. A type of creative nonfiction.

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Creative Nonfiction

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Literary writing about real people, places, and things.

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Poems that capture moments

Poems that capture moments

A collection of poems that vividly capture moments in time.

poems-momentsAustin WoernerDecember 7, 2022WOC190

Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"

Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"

In this classic English-language children’s book, a boy named Milo drives a car through a magic tollbooth into a fantasy realm where the Kingdom of Knowledge is caught up in a civil war between the rival city-states of Dictionopolis (the city of letters) and Digitopolis (the city of numbers). To save the kingdom, Milo must go on a quest to rescue two princesses named Rhyme and Reason.

juster-phantom-tollboothAustin WoernerNovember 9, 2022

Kenneth Fearing, "AD"

Kenneth Fearing, "AD"

This poem about war, written in 1938 by the American poet Kenneth Fearing, takes the form of a want advertisement .

kenneth-fearing-adAustin WoernerOctober 26, 2022

William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say..."

William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say..."

One of the most famous poems of the twentieth century, written in the form of a note left on the refrigerator.

williams-plums-iceboxAustin WoernerOctober 26, 2022

王岫庐，《翻译之镜》

王岫庐，《翻译之镜》

A collection of informal essays (in Chinese) by translation scholar Wang Xiulu.

wang-xiulu-fanyi-zhi-jingAustin WoernerOctober 25, 2022WOC207 Fall 2022 Session 2

David Bellos, "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

David Bellos, "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

A witty, discursive survey of all subjects translation-related by translator and scholar David Bellos.

bellos-fish-in-your-earAustin WoernerOctober 24, 2022WOC207 Fall 2022 Session 2

Joe Brainard, "I Remember" (excerpts)

Joe Brainard, "I Remember" (excerpts)

Excerpts from the book I Remember, in which painter and poet Joe Brainard recalls his childhood in a series of brief vignettes, each of which begins with the words “I Remember.”

joe-brainard-i-rememberAustin WoernerNovember 30, 2020WOC190

Christopher Niemic & Richard Ryan, "Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness in the Classroom"

Christopher Niemic & Richard Ryan, "Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness in the Classroom"

In this article published in the academic journal Theory, Research, and Education, scholars Niemic and Ryan apply self-determination theory to education.

niemic-ryanAustin WoernerNovember 8, 2020EAP101B Fall 2020

Daniel Pink, "The Puzzle of Motivation"

Daniel Pink, "The Puzzle of Motivation"

In his TED talk author Daniel Pink argues that the way we think about motivating people is all wrong.

dan-pink-ted-talkAustin WoernerNovember 3, 2020EAP101B Fall 2020

Don Snow, "How to Learn a Language: Strategies for Independent Language Learners"

Don Snow, "How to Learn a Language: Strategies for Independent Language Learners"

In this book Don Snow, head of the Language and Culture Center at Duke Kunshan University, gives advice to students about how to become more autonomous language learners.

don-snow-how-to-learn-a-lAustin WoernerOctober 26, 2020EAP101B Fall 2020

Daphna Oyserman, "When Does the Future Begin?"

Daphna Oyserman, "When Does the Future Begin?"

Writing in the online magazine Aeon, psychologist Daphna Oyserman explores the connection between students’ motivation and their visions of the future.

oyserman-when-does-the-fuAustin WoernerOctober 26, 2020EAP101B Fall 2020

Literary Journalism

Literary Journalism

Collection

Writing from observation, about people, places, and things in the present. A type of creative nonfiction.

literary-journalismAustin WoernerMarch 15, 2020Collections

Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction

Collection

Literary writing about real people, places, and things.

creative nonfictionAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Collections

Susan Orlean, "The American Man, Age Ten"

Susan Orlean, "The American Man, Age Ten"

This classic essay takes the form of the journalistic profile piece—usually used to write about “important” and “unusual” people—and turns it on its head, using it instead to delve into the life of someone utterly ordinary: a “typical” ten-year-old American boy.

susan-orlean-american-manAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Susan Orlean, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, Character profiles

Yiyun Li, "A Clean, Well-lighted Place"

Yiyun Li, "A Clean, Well-lighted Place"

In this personal essay from The New Yorker, novelist Yiyun Li writes about adjusting to cultural differences when she first comes to the United States.

yiyun-li-a-clean-well-ligAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Yiyun Li, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about culture, Chinese writers in English

Joseph Mitchell, "The Old House at Home"

Joseph Mitchell, "The Old House at Home"

Joseph Mitchell’s classic piece of literary journalism, published in 1940, paints a vivid portrait of a neighborhood saloon in New York’s Lower East Side.

mitchell-old-house-at-homAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Joseph Mitchell, Writing about places, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, WOC190

盛可以，《怀乡书》

盛可以，《怀乡书》

A book of illustrated miniature essays, each about an object or practice related to life in a rural village.

sheng-keyi-huai-xiang-shuAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Sheng Keyi 盛可以, Writing about objects, Chinese, WOC190

Daniel Pink, Drive

Daniel Pink, Drive

Based on scientific research on motivation, author Daniel Pink lays out some big ideas about how humans can work more effectively and lead more satisfying lives.

daniel-pink-driveAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, EAP101B Fall 2020

History of a Liberal Arts Education

History of a Liberal Arts Education

A brief overview of how the idea of a liberal arts education originated and evolved over the years, resulting in the present U.S. institution of a liberal arts college.

history-liberal-arts-educAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing

Brian Leggett, "Classical Rhetoric: An Overview of Its Early Development

Brian Leggett, "Classical Rhetoric: An Overview of Its Early Development

A brief history of how rhetoric—communication with the goal of persuasion—became an important field of study in ancient Greece and Rome.

leggett-classical-rhetoriAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019EAP101 Fall 2019, Essay Writing