Fiction: Online Texts (for reading and Genre Reflection Response)
Instructor Notes: On Fiction
"The Story of an Hour" Kate Chopin (1,009 words)
"Hills Like White Elephants" Ernest Hemingway (1,459 words)
The link is via Genius--strongly recommend referring to hardcopy handout provided in class for reading and if used for Critical Analysis.
"Do Not Go Gentle" Sherman Alexie
Link is to a summary of the text ONLY; for reading, please refer to hardcopy handout provided in class.
"Ashputtel" Bros. Grimm (2,566 Words)
"The Werewolf" Angela Carter (852 words)
"How to Become a Writer Or, Have You Earned This Cliche?" Lorrie Moore
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Edgar Allen Poe (2,210 words)
"The Law of Life" Jack London (2,826 words)
"Emergency" Denis Johnson (3,562 words)
"Cathedral" Raymond Carver (6,340 words)
"Pet Milk" Stuart Dybek (1,795 words)
"Everyday Use" Alice Walker (3,595 words)
"How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)" Junot Diaz (1,600 words)
"The Eyes Have It" Philip K. Dick (1,082 words)
"Good Country People" Flannery O'Connor (8,652 words)
"Bad Latch" Curtis Sittenfeld (2,000-2,500 words)
"Puro Amor" Sandra Cisneros (2,309 words)
Both Cisneros and Sittenfeld readings have the same link (Washington Post)--for Cisneros, just scroll down.
Additional Reading (Optional)
"Every Place Is A Body" Adeena Reitberger