Assigned Readings
I Want A Wife by Judy Brady
Why Everyone Should Take an English Class in College
The Necklace
Leave Your Name at the Border
The Arrival
What's Your Name Girl
Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not be Tweeted-Malcolm Gladwell
"Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space" by Brent Staples
If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I-Geeta Kothari
Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls” by Katha Pollitt
“Hip Hop Planet” by James McBride
“Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good” by Eric Scholosser
“No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston
This is the Life by Annie Dillard
A Few Too Many by Joan Acorella
The Ugly Truth About Beauty by Dave Barry
The Insufficiency of Honesty by Steven L. Carter
What You Don't Know Makes You Nervous by Daniel Gilbert
On Going Home by Joan Didion
How it Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston
Working at Wendy's by Joey Franklin
Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin
On Dumpster Diving by Eighner
11 Reasons Why Essay Writing is Important
Updated Leave Your Name at the Border
Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls” by Katha Pollitt
What You Don't Know Makes You Nervous by Daniel Gilbert
This Photo is Lying to You by Rob Haggart
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Updated Leave Your Name at the Border
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid