Author Archives: Dr. Ayers

Here’s a story from People magazine, at the time of Randall Dale Adams’ release. Here’s one from the L.A. Times. Both add some useful context, and the Times’ piece reveals that Adams was not Errol Morris’ intended subject when he came … Continue reading →

The guidelines for the author study, including a partial list of authors, can be viewed here. In addition to the authors listed on that handout, I’ve added… Mary Roach Oliver Sacks

Something that might interest some of you here: a shot of Obama looking over a speech that he’s edited. I don’t know who to credit with “writing” the speech, since he has speechwriters and participates in that process himself. But … Continue reading →

Swift’s full text is available through Project Gutenberg, which is a great site that has 30,000 titles for free. If you’re ever looking for pre-20th Century works, check this place out. Also, despite being dead for a long time, Jon … Continue reading →

The guidelines, and some suggestions on how to make the essay really good, are here.

When is the portfolio due? Tuesday, March 2. What should I do with the old portfolio? Keep it in the same binder, and put the new portfolio materials on top. Can I put the fall term writing and winter term … Continue reading →

The requirements are here. Note that the general purpose of this portfolio is to compare and contrast between the work you did first term, and the work you did second term. Both fall and winter portfolios belong in the SAME … Continue reading →

Here are the presentation schedules for 0 Hour and 2nd Hour.

Here it is.