Your response to the two readings below should be in your Journal by the start of class at 11a.m. on Tuesday, September 3.
Read this excerpt from John McPhee’s book, Oranges. What works? What doesn’t? Do you want to keep reading this book? Why? Why or why not? What’s your favorite sentence in the excerpt? Why is it your favorite sentence? Write at least a couple of paragraphs of thoughts in your Journal.
Also read Rosanne Cash’s The Most Human Sound, which was originally published in the Oxford American. In your class journal, tell me what you think about it and then be prepared to discuss it in class on Tuesday. What do you think? How do oranges operate in this essay? Can we call this “food writing?” Either way, do you like this essay? Why? What works? What doesn’t? What’s your favorite sentence? Why? Write at least a couple of paragraphs of thoughts in your Journal.