Assignment #1: "My days under the pendulous laburnum"
Due Jan 28, 500-600 words
Bring paper copy to class and send an electronic copy to my email box (ed@omnigatherum.com)
Write an essay on your own personal reading or writing history. Read the Dennis O'Driscoll piece, “The Library of Adventure" for inspiration. Think about the following questions (obviously, your essay does not have to encompass all of them):What was it like to read or write as a child? Has that experience changed as you've grown up? What books inspired you when you were young and do you still carry inside you vestiges of the experience of reading them? Do you create a specific environment in which to read or write? Remember, your essay shouldn't just be an anecdote. I want to know "what it all means" to you. Be specific. Focus on a specific incident, detail or situation and extrapolate.
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