Purity: Unconventional Love

What interests me most about Purity, is its ability to represent love, relationships, and emotions in an extremely authentic manner. This is what I want to write about for my "final project," thus, I wanted to blog about love and its representation in Purity versus the representation of love in most of the modern day fiction novels being …

Americanah: Love

I found our class discussion this past Tuesday to be particularly intriguing in regards to love and relationships, as one of the main themes driving the plot of Americanah. In Americanah, Ifemelu goes on to describe her thoughts on what could cure racism and hate in her first blog. In summary, she believes love is …

Dear Ruth: Smile

Dear Ruth You wonder about me. I wonder about you. Who are you and what are you doing? Are you okay? This is the most important part of the piece… Are you okay with yourself? Your interaction with Nao’s heart concerning diary? Do you lay awake at night unfulfilled, restless shifting your body back and …

A Tale for the Time Being: Ending

I really enjoyed the bit of magical realism included in the ending. Although we do not find out what actually happened to Nao, we get the sense of chance or hopefullness that one day Nao and Ruth could be further connected. Nao goes on to say, "[s]till, I feel like I would recognize you if …

A Tale for the Time Being

In relation to identity and our class discussion on October 9th, I wanted to blog about my biggest takeaway from the novel thus far. A Tale for the Time Being goes in depth about identity and how for some individuals it is a daily battle. Family, location, and lots of other factors can influence one's identity …

Everything We Know So Far About Drone Strikes: Thoughts

I thoroughly agree with Morgan and Zoe's comments, on both the structure of the short stories as well as the length of the short stories. I think being able to tell a story or your story in the most concise possible way is extremely valuable? Can you pack more into the words you are writing …

I Hate the Internet: Furthermore

The more I learn, read, and understand Kobek's work, the more I actually really enjoy it, despite my complete hatred for it through Chapters 1-13.

I Hate the Internet: Ch. 1-13

As I find myself on the final pages of our assigned reading portion, I have not particularly enjoyed the experience. I can say Jarrett Kobek's writing is supremely humorous at times, however, I cannot seem to connect to the way he is conveying his message as the writer. For starters, I thought of the academic …

Connecting 10:04 to Social Media

Upon reading part four of Lerner's novel 10:04, I stumbled upon an idea that connects well with our more in-depth focus on social media. Upon reading page 185, I realized maybe Lerner was trying to make a point throughout this part of the novel... The narrator started part four in Marfa, however, started in a …

10:04 Hyperlinks to Reality

As it relates to our unknown narrator, I found this link from NPR Books fascinating because its comment on the narrator being linked to Ben Lerner himself. Is Ben Lerner the narrator or is it loosely based off of his experiences in life? Furthermore, this link discusses the connection between the "superstorm" going on in …