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newmannj wrote a new post, Susan Vanzanten's argument, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month ago
I’m honestly not sure what her argument is here. I’m probably overthinking this, but it could just be that the two texts are related. There must be something more to it, though, because that just rehashes what we […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Sunday Assignment About “The Danger of a Single Story”, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 1 week ago
Adichie’s TED talk is absolutely right, and it reflects the ideas presented in her short stories well, especially “Jumping Monkey Hill.” The character of Edward in that short story is the kind of person Adich […]
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newmannj commented on the post, April 8 Friday Assignment, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I think we’re all saying the same thing in different ways and I’m just not good at communicating my thoughts apparently because I 100% agree with you on everything you just said and it was what I was trying to […]
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newmannj commented on the post, April 8 Friday Assignment, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I don’t think the purpose of literary fiction is to be palatable to readers. I don’t know what the purpose of literary fiction is, and I guess that’s my point. I don’t like it. I also dislike the idea that some […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Comment on Charlotte Baxter's blog, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 2 weeks ago
For the life of me I could not figure out how to link a comment here. I have no idea how I did it before, so I will simply say that I commented on Charlotte Baxter’s post and said this:
“I think your […]
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newmannj commented on the post, Friday – Luster vs. "The Thing Around Your Neck", on the site Charlotte Baxter 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I think your observation about how Akunna and Edie have different views of the privilege around them due to their different backgrounds makes a lot of sense, and I especially enjoyed your observation that Edie is […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, April 1 Post (late), on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I think the ending of Luster was narratively unsatisfying. Honestly, it left me wanting more. I wanted to know more about if Akila and Edie ever stayed in contact, if Rebecca divorced Eric when Akila moves out for […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, April 8 Friday Assignment, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I think I’m learning that I don’t like literary fiction.
Adichie’s short story was good, I suppose, but unlike Klara and the Sun, it’s just not my genre so I don’t really get writing fiction about things you […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, I could write a paper about the "religion on Tatooine" thing, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 1 month, 3 weeks ago
So I know quite a bit about Star Wars Expanded Universe lore on Tatooine’s religion, and much of it has become canon since The Book of Boba Fett, which I still haven’t seen so no spoilers, please. (Dave Filoni n […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Jeri's motif post on Raven Leilani's Luster, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months ago
So there’s a motif in this book about the self-destructive behavior of artists and how it is either necessary or inevitable to create art though pain. However, I would argue that this belief is false, and p […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, On the sexualization of women and femmes, and everyone else too, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months ago
I can’t help wondering if this book would have garnered the same attention and praise if the book had been modified for the second chapter had been first and the first chapter had been second, if the book had l […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, I shouldn’t have to be on the ace spectrum to have these thoughts when I’m very very bi, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months ago
During our conversation yesterday, I felt as though I had not really ordered my thoughts on Luster in a way that made sense. I think it’s objectively well written in an extremely interesting and refreshing way w […]
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newmannj commented on the post, Fairview Instagram Posts, on the site Reading Journal 2 months, 1 week ago
I find it super interesting that we interpreted Mack as being two different genders! I figured he was a he, and you figured she was a she. I love that it’s so ambiguous in the play–I don’t think it’s actually […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Mack's last 3 instagram posts, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months, 1 week ago
First Instagram post: A screencap of the film Encanto, where Mack calls the protagonist hot, complete with panting emoji. I hate that I came up with this so easily, but I think given the character’s line in which […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, I have a new favorite book, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I was wrong. Klara and the Sun is amazing.
I finally finished it, two days ago (eep) but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Professor Chan was right, it starts off slow, but once I actually got the print copy and kept […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Sunday Check-in featuring Pirates, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Here be me link. Arrgh!
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newmannj commented on the post, Questions about Klara, on the site Cosmic Confluence 2 months, 4 weeks ago
As a writer myself I also had a lot of questions about the worldbuilding for this novel–Ishiguro seems like he has the same amount of worldbuilding as, say, Brandon Sanderson, but instead of indexes and […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Klara and the Sun, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 3 months ago
Confession time: I am woefully behind on the reading of this book, and haven’t really even finished part one. I have trouble reading sometimes (why am I an English major, again?) and I’m listening to the […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Question for Laila Chatti, before watching the video, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 3 months ago
I would like to ask if she’s studied art history before and really likes Renaissance paintings. Clearly she does, as she’s got an ekphrasis of the one we talked about in class. I’d just like to talk to her about […]
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newmannj wrote a new post, Some Renaissance paintings, on the site Jeri Newmann Reading Journal ENGL 301 3 months ago
I wanted to talk about these two paintings.
1. Look how absolutely amused Gabriel is in the second one. It’s like he’s laughing at her. 2. Zoom in; there’s a little tiny dove/baby! That’s the Holy […]
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