Simon Tucker with Kokanee 2009Please keep an active log of your fiction reading during this period of our semester, especially on your blog. Although I am generally very pleased to be able to award most of you the full twenty points possible for poetry, the hardcover copies of your papers were often less than professional in appearance and content. Please prepare your fiction papers using MLA style and format. Perhaps just as importantly, I'll be judging your next written work partly on style. Using "u" instead of "you," for instance, sloppy grammar, usage, mechanics, poor critical thinking, haste, poor organization, lack of supporting evidence and examples will all detract significantly from your grade next time.
On the other hand, several of your papers were fine, and I very much appreciated the analytical and personal comments about our class that many of you made concerning our experiences in poetry so far this semester. Almost of all of you apparently enjoyed Simon Tucker's Blues Workshop. Consequently, I have purchased three tickets for the "winning" group of the "A & P" (Updike) assignment to attend Simon's forthcoming solo concert at 8:00 p.m. in the Silverthorne Theater on 16 April. Tickets are $5.00 in advance and $7.00 at the door (or free if the class votes your group the best on the assignment).
Speaking of performances, you might want to mark your calendars as well for two other dates:
Fiction writer, singer and song writer, poet and essayist, Greg Keeler will perform in Lewiston on 7 May. He called this morning, however, to cancel his appearance in our class. Greg's Lewiston performance will be free of charge. You can click on the link to his web site by clicking on Greg's name in this sentence. He called me just now and asked me to give you all his greetings. His new book is a kind of non-fiction memoir called Trash Fish.
The first and current Poet Laureate of Washington State, Sam Green, and I will be reading at the Asotin County Library in Clarkston soon to celebrate National Poetry Month. I've forgotten the date. Maybe next weekend or (yikes!) maybe this coming one. Of course, you're invited. Saturday 11 April 7:00 p.m. Free.
There is no extra credit available, however, for your attendance at any of these events. Your attendance is desired and welcomed but neither required nor coerced.
By the way, author John Daniel had to cancel his classroom visit. He's at home nursing his wife, Marilyn, back to health after recovering his own.
Trevor and I also invite you to the LCMYK fundraiser. Click on the link for more details.
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