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Author: Greg Winter Article: Jacuzzi U.? A Battle of Perks to Lure Students Publisher: The New York Times, October 5, 2013 Greg Winter (see Fig. 1) is an American journalist who is an editor on the Foreign Desk of The New … Continue reading →

Radio Host: Jack Hitt Radio: This American Life from WBEZ Show: No. 253: The Middle of Nowhere Aired: December 5, 2003 For class today we listened to the audio of Act One: No Island is an Island, a show aired … Continue reading →

Author: Truman Capote Title: In Cold Blood, Chapter 1 Publisher: The New Yorker,  Sept. 25, 1965. In Tuesday’s class, we read and discussed the first chapter of In Cold Blood, written by Truman Capote (See fig. 1). Capote was a New York writer who wrote … Continue reading →

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Book: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Publisher: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2001 After reading Barbara Ehrenreich‘s Introduction “Getting Ready” and Chapter One: “Serving in Florida” of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting … Continue reading →

Author: Thomas Wolfe Book: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Publisher: Collins Publisher, 1967 For class today we read and discussed the first part of the nonfiction book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, written by Thomas Wolfe (see fig. 1). Wolfe … Continue reading →

Author: John Hersey Article: “Joe is Back Now” Publisher: Life Magazine, July 3, 1944 Article: “Hiroshima” Publisher: The New Yorker, August 31, 1946 John Hersey was an American journalist who wrote for The New Yorker and was considered one of … Continue reading →

Author: Lillian Ross Article: “Come in, Lassie” Publisher: The New Yorker, February 21, 1948 Article: “No. 1512: Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs” Publisher: The New Yorker, May 24, 1952 Lillian Ross is an American journalist who has … Continue reading →

Author: Martha Gellhorn Article: Men Without Medals ( 1938) Publisher: Collier’s The National Weekly, Vol. 101, No. 3 Article: Night Life in the Sky (1945)  Publisher: Collier’s The National Weekly, Vol. 115, No. 11 Martha Gellhorn (see fig. 1) was an American novelist … Continue reading →

Author: Lincoln Steffens Title: The Shame of the Cities: Introduction Publisher: McClure, Phillips & Co., Vol. MCMIV 1904 Author: Lincoln Steffens Title: “Tweed Days in St. Louis” Publisher: McClure’s Magazine, Vol XIX, No. 6, 1902. In Tuesday’s class, we discussed … Continue reading →

Author: Ernest Hemingway Title: “Italy, 1927” Publisher: The New Republic, Vol. L. No. 650, 1927 Title: “Hemingway Reports Spain” Publisher: The New Republic, Vol. LXXXXIII. No. 1206, 1938   Today in class we discussed two articles written by Ernest Hemingway … Continue reading →