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I was asked to read my response to "In the Kitchen" outloud. I did it under duress. I know that the distinctions I made about it were far outside the scope of a mixed class of grads/undergrads. I was flattered though, by the comment that if the teacher didn't know better she'd swear that I stole it from somewhere. So maybe I'm fitting into this discourse community?

A black male writer was cut from the syllabus in favor of yet another female writer. The teacher expressed concern that her sylabus was skewed in favor of black writers in this section. I didn't have the heart to tell her that this now makes the male contingent of writers less than 10 percent of the class. I really don't care, I'll read anything. But I learn more from people who write perhaps a bit closer to my experience.

People I wish I could write like:
  • John Doe
  • Paul Westerberg
  • Steve Wynn
  • Roy Harper
  • Guy Kyser
Why are all my favorite writers musicians?

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This page contains a single entry by Jeff Ward published on September 10, 2001 6:05 PM.

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