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Open Readings: Essays

Essays

Essays

Alphabetical Listing of Authors

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Alexie, Sherman

"Death in Hollywood"

Cisneros, Sandra

"Huipiles: I bought the traditional embroidered blouses and wondered who had worn them. Why did she have to give them up and where is she now?"

Deresciewicz, William

"What is College for?" [YouTube Video]

Fraser, Laura

"Why I Stopped being a Vegetarian"
Reuse permitted for print and digitally in Blackboard, please ask a librarian for a copy.

Gaitskill, Mary

On Not Being a Victim

Hasselstrom, Linda

"Why a Peaceful Woman Carries a Gun"
Reuse permitted for print and digitally in Blackboard, please ask a librarian for a copy.

Hemingway, Ernest

Hughes, Langston

Irving, Washington

King, Florence

"Stuck in the middle: How to understand America's class system"

Lethem, Jonathan

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

Parks, Gordon

"Freedom's Fearful Foe: Poverty"

Staples, Brent

"I am the Bogeyman"

Steinbeck, John

Viorst, Judith

"Friends, Good Friends, and Such Good Friends"

Walcott, Derek

Walker, Alice

"Lest We Forget: An Open Letter to My Sisters Who are Brave"