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Shackles, Chains, and Canon

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Fred Bubbers

In his essay, “In Praise of Dead White Men,” Lindsay Johns argues that efforts to make education more “relevant” to black people can be both patronizing and harmful, and that western literary canon should be taught to everyone.  While I … Continue reading →

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Writing Assignment: How to write a précis

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Fred Bubbers

This is a high school writing assignment given to help students prepare for writing college-level academic critical essays. You are a lowly intern in the script department of a major movie studio. Every week, hundreds of short story manuscripts flood … Continue reading →

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George Saunders’ Multiple Points of View

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Fred Bubbers

Three of the stories in George Saunders 2013 collection, Tenth of December, are written in the third person, but from multiple points of view. This approach allows these stories to have more than one primary protagonist. In each of these … Continue reading →

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