Brothers, by Yu Hua is available in Chinese or English, and in Audiobook form at the Lawrence Public Library. It’s long – but I loved it. The New York Times says “Brothers” is, in fact, very much a social novel…
Book Report: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
This novel by Dai Sijie, is available in Chinese or English – and can be found in audio format in English. Set during the cultural revolution, it treats the it’s protagonists with warmth and humor – and the book has…
Feedback: teacher clarity and millennials
About every semester lately I get a request from a couple students for greater clarity in what is expected in a writing assignment. I expect this because the course goals and objectives of composition classes call for abstract thinking and…
advice to myself – what I’ll do differently next semester
We will establish the role of wikipedia (ie. anything there should be considered common knowledge, so it doesn’t make an effective quote in a real research paper – but can make useful footnotes for electronic discussions). likewise: queries to ask.com…