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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next week, we're going to hold a meeting to make
some decisions about the 1ABC booklist. Why? Well, firstly because we have
received some interesting recommendations for new texts. Moreover, several texts
that <EM>seem</EM> to be getting little use might need to be rotated out.
However, because last week's survey results were not comprehensive or truly
representative, we want to try again to drum up feedback before making a
decision on these issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>MEETING DETAILS:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Date: Wednesday of next week (May 4)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Time: 11:10 a.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Location: Sproul 2355</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below, I summarize the results of last week's poll,
and list the texts that have been suggested as additions and/or replacements to
the list. You might want to read this over before coming to the meeting next
week -- or, if you cannot make it to the meeting, read over the material below
and e-mail me by 6 p.m. on Tuesday with your opinion on the
various undersupported and proposed texts. I'll treat such e-mails as
proxies.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>=====</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><U>Survey
Summary</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note on sample size: I only had 10 respondents for
this survey. Hence, none of the numbers below are "significant" in the
statistician's sense of the term -- they are merely indicative, or
exploratory, data. This means, if you find that your favorite text is listed as
underutilized, it's probably because its supporters didn't respond to the
survey, and may not mean that you are utterly alone. If you feel strongly about
those texts, speak up, or come to the meeting. (You know the routine: <EM>Rock
the Vote</EM>; <EM>Vote or Die;</EM> that sort of thing.) For the
time being, however, our input is being largely determined by the pool of
TAs and lecturers (mostly lecturers) who seem to care the most about the
outcome, and perhaps that's as it should be. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>1A TEXTS:</U></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Weak Support: </STRONG>For two 1A texts,
support appears to be weak or waning:</FONT></LI>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Zami -- </EM>None of the respondents (note
my above qualification on sample size) are using this text. Few expressed
any interest in it. Roughly half said they have no intention of ever using
it. If this result is representative of most of our instructors, this
particular work might be worth replacing, as it scored lower on my metrics
than any other text, including those for 1B and 1C.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Always Running -- </EM>Only one respondent
said s/he was using this text, but a few others said they might use it
someday. Nevertheless, this text seems to be getting little use or support
compared to most of the others on the list. I'd be interested in hearing
whether this too could be replaced by something likely to see more use.
</FONT></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Strong Support: </STRONG>Meanwhile,
support for 1A single-author texts like <EM>Into the Wild, Obasan, Things They
Carried, </EM>and <EM>Lone Ranger and Tonto</EM> appears to remain
high. All of these texts have high proportions of respondents
who are using them, or who claim they might use them in the
future. </FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>1B TEXTS:</U></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Weak Support: </STRONG><EM>The
Dispossessed</EM>, however, had but one defender and thus was the weakest
performer in this category. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Iffy Support: </STRONG><EM>Twilight: Los
Angeles</EM>, <EM>Medea, Tortilla Curtain</EM>, <EM>Heroes and Saints</EM>,
and <EM>Writing the World </EM>each had weak usage but moderate support --
that is, like <EM>Always Running</EM> above, each of them had 1 user, plus 2
or so other respondents who said they might use it in the future. Thus,
it's hard to gauge how much use these texts are likely to get in upcoming
quarters. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Strong Support: </STRONG><EM>Fast
Food Nation, Nickel and Dimed, </EM>and <EM>World of Ideas </EM>each had a
great deal of sometimes emphatic support. Messing with them might
incite a mutiny. <EM>Savage Inequalities</EM> is also popular, and very
nearly in this category.</FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>1C TEXTS:</FONT></U></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Weak Support: </STRONG>We have two weak
performers for 1C: <EM>Paradise</EM> and <EM>Dreaming in Cuban</EM>. No
respondent claimed to be using these books anymore. Several respondents in
each case claimed to be uninterested in them, or no longer interested in using
them after having used them once or twice in the past. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Iffy Support: </STRONG><EM>Native Speaker,
Confessions of a Justified Sinner</EM>, and <EM>Text Book</EM>
appear to have more casual interest than actual usage, if the responses are to
be trusted. For both of these books, the number of disinterested respondents
outweighed the number of potentially interested respondents or users.
(Specifically, <EM>Native Speaker</EM> has no users among the survey's
respondents; <EM>Text Book </EM>and <EM>Confessions </EM>each have just one
user.) Are people out there interested in a replacement reader for <EM>Text
Book</EM>? (One has been proposed; see below.)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Moderate Support: </STRONG><EM>Wicked
</EM>and <EM>Devil in a Blue Dress.</EM> </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Strong Support: </STRONG><EM>Hamlet, Signs
of Life, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</EM> all appear to be getting healthy usage,
and support for them remains generally high.</FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>PROPOSED
ADDITIONS/REPLACEMENTS:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many respondents had interesting ideas for
replacements and additional texts. Wherever possible, I've simply quoted them in
support of their nominated texts. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>For 1A (possibly as a replacement for
<EM>Zami</EM>?)</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><U>Having Our Say</U></EM><STRONG>:</STRONG>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">(By Sarah </FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Delany,
A. Elizabeth Delany, and Amy Hill Hearth). <FONT face=Arial>The respondent,
who has used this text in the classroom, writes<EM>:</EM>
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial>"</FONT></SPAN>I like this book better than the current selections
for a number of reasons. First of all, part of the goal of teaching
English 1A is to help students develop their own authorial voices. In
this book, the reader can tell (even without the subtitles) which section is
written by each of the two sisters; they have unique voices, and one is
substantially angrier than the other about past events. Secondly, they
have a more positive and humorous outlook than many other authors writing
about racism, prejudice, and discrimination, and not because they haven't
experienced it. Their father, though born a slave, was the first elected
African-American bishop of the Episcopal Church in the
<st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region>. One
was a school teacher, and the other the second female African-American dentist
in <st1:State><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:State>. I like the
ways in which this book demonstrates multiple perspectives within a single
family, the use of humor, and the value of elderly people, all without
glossing over multicultural issues."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>For 1B (possibly as a replacement for
<EM>The Dispossessed</EM>?)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT
face=Arial size=2><EM><U>The Hungry Woman: The Mexican
Medea</U></EM><STRONG>:</STRONG> (by Cherrie Moraga). The respondent
recommends this text for pairing with Medea. She
writes<EM>:</EM> </FONT> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EM>"</EM></SPAN><EM>The Hungry Woman</EM> works to
give another take to the Medea story. I haven’t used it, but I think it would
work." </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><U><EM>The
Hot Zone</EM></U><STRONG>:</STRONG> (by Richard Preston). <EM>The respondent
has used this text in the classroom, observing that students get caught up in
it. I know that others out there have used this text, and would be interested
in hearing more feedback on the matter: Is this text being used in the Basic
Writing or 1SC classes? (If so, it might not be a good idea to reuse it at the
1B level.)</EM></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG>For
the 1C reader (possibly as a replacement for <EM>Text
Book</EM>?)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><EM><U>Rereading
America</U></EM><STRONG>:</STRONG> (edited by <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Robert Cullen/102-6684319-2695314"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Robert
Cullen</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial>, </FONT><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Bonnie Lisle/102-6684319-2695314"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Bonnie
Lisle</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial>, </FONT><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Gary Colombo/102-6684319-2695314"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Gary
Colombo</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial>). The respondent writes:
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">"Rereading
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">America</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region></EM><SPAN
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is an excellent text that creates a space for controversy in the composition
classroom.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of the
traditional hot button topics are found here, but, more impressively, the
prose is very intelligent and provocative.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This could really get our students
thinking intensely about popular culture and its intersections with more
canonical thought.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hope this
text will be given due
consideration."</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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the 1C single-author texts (possibly as replacements for <EM>Paradise</EM> or
<EM>Dreaming in Cuban</EM>)</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><EM><U>Farewell
my Lovely: </U></EM>(by Raymond Chandler). The respondent, who has used this
text before in the classroom, argues that Chandler's gumshoe novel works
well in combination with <EM>Devil in a Blue Dress, </EM>noting that "<SPAN
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My Lovely</EM> is important to situate
noir."</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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the Belly of the Beast</U>: </EM>(Jack Henry Abbott). The respondent, who has
used this text in the classroom before, writes that
...</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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is a lot of interest in prison issues and prison writing and I think it would
be a good idea to move some of it into the freshman level courses.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This book is the fundamental text of
20<SUP>th</SUP> century prison writing, unless you count Jack London.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It could be paired with <EM>Jekyll
& Hyde</EM>, or just about anything else on the 1C list so far as that
goes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even though it’s
autobiographical, I think it’s more of a 1C than a 1A text because of its
cultural commentary and because we seem to be on a
problematization-of-the-good/evil-binary-with-biblical-allusions trajectory
with the current 1C list.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By the
way, people often assume that Abbott was white, and he did tend to
self-identify that way, but according to Norman Mailer he was half
Chinese."</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Finn</EM> </U>(Mark Twain) or <EM><U>Cruddy</U></EM> (Lynda Barry): The
respondent writes: "<SPAN
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would also like to see either <EM>Huckleberry Finn</EM> (to discuss
mobility/class/race in America) or <EM>Cruddy</EM> by Lynda Barry (another
novel about a young girl, who looks like a boy) who goes on a very
Huckleberry-like adventure and I think is another good way of entering into
mobility/gender issues/ class in America.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Plus, a really good
read!"</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Diamond Age</U></EM> (Neal Stephenson): The respondent in this case is yours
truly. I have not yet used this text in a 1C class (since I rarely end up
teaching that class), but immediately upon reading it last year I vowed to use
it at the soonest opportunity. I might even wedge it into a 1SC class
someday. In my own response, I wrote:
<P class=MsoNormal>"We once used Stephenson’s engaging <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Snow Crash</I> in 1C some years ago, which
might or might not work against this recommendation. For a 1C class, however,
I think Stephenson’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Diamond
Age</I> would be spectacular because one of the many active themes of the
novel is the role of literature in education. If you’re interested in the
Victorian period, science-fiction, fairy tales, nanotechnology, critical
thinking, the necessity of subversiveness, or the importance of literature to
education, you should know that all of these components are in overdrive in
this story – a story which is, in fact, largely about stories. A logline won’t
really do it justice, so I’m going to skip the usual plot summary. However,
the novel ties in quite well with Bruno Bettleheim, Wordsworth, Coleridge,
fairy tales, and other department faves." </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Meanwhile, here’s a link to <EM>The Diamond Age's </EM>page
on Amazon, where you can read summaries and reviews if you like: <A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553380966/qid=1114462922/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6684319-2695314?v=glance&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553380966/qid=1114462922/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6684319-2695314?v=glance&s=books</A></P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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that's it. A long list, but with several interesting recommendations. Again, if
you can't make the meeting next week, but want a voice in the matter, let me
know by e-mail before Tuesday at 6 p.m. (I go to bed early on Tuesday nights.)
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many thanks to those who responded to the survey; your input is greatly
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