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Epic poem: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by George Gordon, Lord Byron
Novel in verse: Eugene Onegin (Евге́ний Оне́гин) by Alexander Pushkin
Novel: Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster
Film: Interview with a Vampire (1994)
Miniseries: Jane Eyre (2006)
Comics: Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Wikipedia: Byronic hero
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Dangerous children
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Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Novel: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Novel: Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates
Short story: "Change of Plans" by Bev Vincent
Film: The Bad Seed (1956)
Film: Children of the Corn (1984)
Film: The Good Son (1993)
Article: "Wrestling Death Mom Sounds Off: Victim's Mother Reprimands, Forgives 16-Year-Old During Fla. Hearing" by Lloyd de Vries
Article: "Derrion Albert's death 'a call to action'" by Judy Keen
Wikipedia: Murder of James Bulger
Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Novel: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Novel: Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates
Short story: "Change of Plans" by Bev Vincent
Film: The Bad Seed (1956)
Film: Children of the Corn (1984)
Film: The Good Son (1993)
Article: "Wrestling Death Mom Sounds Off: Victim's Mother Reprimands, Forgives 16-Year-Old During Fla. Hearing" by Lloyd de Vries
Article: "Derrion Albert's death 'a call to action'" by Judy Keen
Wikipedia: Murder of James Bulger
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Achebe v Conrad
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Article: "Chinua Achebe: 'Heart Of Darkness' Is Inappropriate" from NPR
Novel: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Novella: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Article: "The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart" by F. Abiola Irele
Article: "Joseph Conrad’s Treatment of the ‘Other’ in Heart of Darkness" by Mohit K. Ray
Poem: "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats
Poem: "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot
Essay: "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" by Chinua Achebe
Essay: "'A Bloody Racist': About Achebe's View of Conrad by Cedric Watts
Wikipedia: Colonisation of Africa
Article: "Chinua Achebe: 'Heart Of Darkness' Is Inappropriate" from NPR
Novel: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Novella: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Article: "The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart" by F. Abiola Irele
Article: "Joseph Conrad’s Treatment of the ‘Other’ in Heart of Darkness" by Mohit K. Ray
Poem: "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats
Poem: "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot
Essay: "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" by Chinua Achebe
Essay: "'A Bloody Racist': About Achebe's View of Conrad by Cedric Watts
Wikipedia: Colonisation of Africa
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Mr Shakur
Biography: Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson
Poetry: The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
Autobiography: Tupac: Resurrection edited by Jacob Hoye and Karolyn Ali
Album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. by Tupac Shakur
Album: Me Against the World by Tupac Shakur
Documentary: Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Film: Above the Rim (1994)
Television: In Living Color, "Ike Turner and Hooch"
Novel: After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Article: "Bury Me Like a G" by Kevin Powell
Wikipedia: Tupac Shakur
Poetry: The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
Autobiography: Tupac: Resurrection edited by Jacob Hoye and Karolyn Ali
Album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. by Tupac Shakur
Album: Me Against the World by Tupac Shakur
Documentary: Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Film: Above the Rim (1994)
Television: In Living Color, "Ike Turner and Hooch"
Novel: After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Article: "Bury Me Like a G" by Kevin Powell
Wikipedia: Tupac Shakur
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Maya Angelou, according to herself
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Autobiography: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou
Interview: Academy of Achievement interview of January 22, 1997
Interview: "Audio Interview with Maya Angelou" by Don Swaim
Videos: As found at biography.com
Wikipedia: Maya Angelou
Autobiography: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
Autobiography: A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou
Interview: Academy of Achievement interview of January 22, 1997
Interview: "Audio Interview with Maya Angelou" by Don Swaim
Videos: As found at biography.com
Wikipedia: Maya Angelou
Quinceañera
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Film: Quinceañera (2006)
Nonfiction: Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez
Musical tale: Little Elena's Quinceanera by Elena Duran and Natalie Toro
Picture book: Fiesta Dress: A Quinceanera Tale by Caren Mcnelly Mccormack and Martha Aviles
Novel: Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz: A Quinceañera Club Novel by Belinda Acosta
Nonfiction: Quinceañera: celebrating fifteen by Elizabeth King
Nonfiction: Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceanera Stories edited by Adriana Lopez
Wikipedia: Quinceañera
Film: Quinceañera (2006)
Nonfiction: Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez
Musical tale: Little Elena's Quinceanera by Elena Duran and Natalie Toro
Picture book: Fiesta Dress: A Quinceanera Tale by Caren Mcnelly Mccormack and Martha Aviles
Novel: Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz: A Quinceañera Club Novel by Belinda Acosta
Nonfiction: Quinceañera: celebrating fifteen by Elizabeth King
Nonfiction: Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceanera Stories edited by Adriana Lopez
Wikipedia: Quinceañera
Too Young for This
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Novel: Push by Sapphire
Film: Precious (2009)
Interview: "Sapphire's big push" by Mark Marvel
Blank-verse novel: Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Interview: "Q & A with Virginia Euwer Wolff" by Lynda Brill Comerford
Article: "Sources of Stress and Support and Maternal Resources of Homeless Teenage Mothers" by Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Lois S. Sadler, Martha K. Swartz, Patricia Ryan-Krause
Song: "Brenda's Got a Baby" by Tupac Shakur
Song: "Baby Mama" by Fantasia Barrino
Wikipedia: Teenage pregnancy
Novel: Push by Sapphire
Film: Precious (2009)
Interview: "Sapphire's big push" by Mark Marvel
Blank-verse novel: Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Interview: "Q & A with Virginia Euwer Wolff" by Lynda Brill Comerford
Article: "Sources of Stress and Support and Maternal Resources of Homeless Teenage Mothers" by Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Lois S. Sadler, Martha K. Swartz, Patricia Ryan-Krause
Song: "Brenda's Got a Baby" by Tupac Shakur
Song: "Baby Mama" by Fantasia Barrino
Wikipedia: Teenage pregnancy
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