A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray

Reading
Read entire novel for class on Tuesday, April 22

Commenting
1st comment on/by April 21
2nd comment on/by April 24

The Robber Bride

by Margaret Atwood

REVISED CALENDAR

Presentation
Rachel, Text and Context, April 15

Reading
Tuesday, April 15: Chapters 1-23
Thursday, April 17: Chapters 24-57 (end of novel)

Commenting
1st comment on/by April 14
2nd comment on/by April 19

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

REVISED CALENDAR

Presentation
J.J., Text and Context, April 8

Reading
Tuesday, April 8: First two full sections, "Feathers from a Thousand Li Away" and "The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates"
Thursday, April 10: Final two full sections, "American Translation" and "Queen Mother of the Western Skies"

Commenting
1st comment on/by April 7
2nd comment on/by April 12

Love Medicine

by Louise Erdrich

REVISED CALENDAR

Presentations
Elizabeth, Text and Context, April 1
Phaedra, The Sacred Hoop, April 3

Reading
Tuesday, April 1: "World's Greatest Fishermen" through "The Red Convertible"
Thursday, April 3: "Scales" through end of novel

Commenting
1st comment on/by March 31
2nd comment on/by April 5

The Women of Brewster Place

by Gloria Naylor

REVISED CALENDAR

Presentation
Lori Ann, Text and Context, March 20
Cindy, Theory, March 25

Reading
Thursday, March 20: "Dawn," "Mattie Michael," "Etta Mae Johnson"
Tuesday, March 25: "Kiswana Brown," Luciela Turner," "Cora Lee," "The Two," "Block Party," "Dusk"

Commenting
1st comment on/by March 19
2nd comment on/by March 27

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

REVISED CALENDAR

Presentation
Lauren, Text and Context, March 13
Jill, Theory, March 18

Reading
Thursday, March 13: Chapters 1-9
Tuesday, March 18: Chapter 10-Postscript

Commenting
1st comment on/by March 12
2nd comment on/by March 20

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Presentation
Caitlyn, Text and Context, February 21

Reading
Thursday, Feb 21: through page 113 in the Harcourt Edition; the letter ends, "Way after while, I act like a little lost baby too."
Tuesday, February 26: page 114-288 (end of novel)

Commenting
1st comment on/by February 20
2nd comment on/by February 28

The Group

by Mary McCarthy
Vassar, Class of 1933

Presentation
Megan, Text and Context, February 12

Reading
Tuesday, February 12: Chapters 1-6
Thursday, February 14: Chapters 7-10
Tuesday, February 19: Chapters 11-15

Commenting
1st comment on/by February 11
2nd comment on/by February 21

Herland

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, better known as the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Presentation
Lori, Communities of Women: An Idea in Fiction

Reading
Read the entire novella for class on Thursday, Feb 7

Commenting
1st comment on/by Feb 6
2nd comment on/by Feb 9

The Romance of a Shop

by Amy Levy

G. & L. Lorimer, The Photographic Studio
20B, Upper Baker Street
London

Presentation
Allison, Text and Context, January 31

Reading
Thursday, Jan 31: Chapters 1-6
Tuesday, Feb 5: Chapters 7-end

Commenting
1st comment on/by Jan 30
2nd comment on/by Feb 7