"and this great blue world of ours
seems a house of leaves
Moments before the wind."
--House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
I start my American Literature class in a few hours. I was really tired at about 9 p.m. and so I guess I fell asleep. I woke up at 1:30 a.m. The nap was a mistake, but it wasn't on purpose. So tomorrow I will go spend an extravagant amount on a textbook and attend my first summer class ever. I am hoping for the best! Part of me thinks, "My other English experiences at LSUS have been great. Why would this one be any different?" but the other part of me thinks, "How could this possibly compare to Brit. Lit. with Dr. Lake or Adv. Comp. with Ms. Smith?"
I hope to one day have half as much knowledge as Dr. Lake.
So, I have never taken a class where the focus was American Literature. In high school, English III Honors was supposed to be American Literature. My teacher, one of the most infuriating women I have met, decided that instead of reading books of literary merit, we would read Mary Higgins Clark and John Grisham novels. I'm not really sure what to expect.
I'm going to try to go back to sleep.
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Hey, Jonna,
Saw your comment on my blog and thought I'd check out yours. You had a blog on MySpace. Do you not keep up with it anymore?
If Dr. Brennan or Dr. Shaw is teaching that Am. Lit. course, you can bet you won't be reading Grisham or Clarke! Maybe Moby Dick or An American Tragedy!
Thanks for the comment on the poem. It needs work, but that's my job. I haven't written poetry in ages, so I have to "relearn" a few things. But it is nice to get back to my first writing love.
I'll be teaching at 10am M-F and keep office hours M-Th right after that. Come see me!
Kathleen Smith
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