Comments on: Razor Wire Writing http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/ faults | sins | abuses Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:43:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17095 mike Sun, 29 May 2005 19:20:56 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17095 Jenn, thanks for the links. I think Ensler's documentary would work particularly well in conjunction with Foss's "Love Letters," and <em>Slam</em> would be fascinating in conjunction with <em>Brothers and Keepers</em>. And so now I'm starting to imagine a whole syllabus of paired texts, including <em>Newjack</em> with sections from <em>Discipline and Punish</em> -- OK, so there's a 300- or 400-level course for me to dream about teaching, one that plays some with Franklin's title: "Reading and Writing the 20th Century American Prison." Jenn, thanks for the links. I think Ensler’s documentary would work particularly well in conjunction with Foss’s “Love Letters,” and Slam would be fascinating in conjunction with Brothers and Keepers. And so now I’m starting to imagine a whole syllabus of paired texts, including Newjack with sections from Discipline and Punish — OK, so there’s a 300- or 400-level course for me to dream about teaching, one that plays some with Franklin’s title: “Reading and Writing the 20th Century American Prison.”

]]> By: jenn http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17079 jenn Thu, 26 May 2005 14:40:21 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17079 I'm not sure these are completely relevant, but for film/texts: Eve Ensler's <a HREF="http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/whatiwant/" rel="nofollow"><i>What I Want My Words to do to You</i></a>. And <a HREF="http://www.harlemlive.org/arts-culture/reviews/slam/" rel="nofollow"><i>Slam</i></a>. I’m not sure these are completely relevant, but for film/texts: Eve Ensler’s What I Want My Words to do to You.
And Slam.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17074 mike Mon, 23 May 2005 23:28:44 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17074 Nels, I'll ask: what does "critical literacy" mean to you, and to your students? And yeah, I love <em>Newjack</em>. Fantastic book. I've also taught, for various courses, Wideman's brilliant <em>Brothers and Keepers</em>, portions of <em>Discipline and Punish</em>, Franklin's usefully comprehensive anthology <em><a href="http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~hbf/Books/Prison20th.html" rel="nofollow">Prison Writing in 20th Century America</a></em>, and Megan Foss's underappreciated essays <a href="http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/articles/issue09/09contents.htm" rel="nofollow">"Love Letters"</a> and <a href="http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/articles/issue12/12foss_ai.htm" rel="nofollow">"The Monster Between Us"</a>. What else is on your syllabus? Nels, I’ll ask: what does “critical literacy” mean to you, and to your students?

And yeah, I love Newjack. Fantastic book. I’ve also taught, for various courses, Wideman’s brilliant Brothers and Keepers, portions of Discipline and Punish, Franklin’s usefully comprehensive anthology Prison Writing in 20th Century America, and Megan Foss’s underappreciated essays “Love Letters” and “The Monster Between Us”.

What else is on your syllabus?

]]> By: Nels http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17067 Nels Mon, 23 May 2005 12:56:40 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/17/razor-wire-writing/#comment-17067 Your last couple of paragraphs are fascinating considering that I'm teaching Critical Literacy this summer, and one of our texts is Newjack by Ted Conover, his account of becoming a prision guard at Sing Sing. And you're helping me thinking of another spin on it than I was planning to take. Your last couple of paragraphs are fascinating considering that I’m teaching Critical Literacy this summer, and one of our texts is Newjack by Ted Conover, his account of becoming a prision guard at Sing Sing. And you’re helping me thinking of another spin on it than I was planning to take.

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