Assignment
Using our usual journal format (one page, single spaced, etc.), please answer the following prompt in a three paragraph response for extra credit: What two stories would you keep? What two stories would you remove? And, what one story would you add to the reading list?
Please offer more than a mere listing of story titles. Please be specific as to why you would argue for me to keep, remove, or add the stories you discuss. Due = Tuesday, March 17th.
STORIES
Rehm, Why Fiction Matters Transcript
Gioia and Gwynn, The Art of the Short Story
Poe, Review of Hawthorne: The Tale and Its Effect
Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
Amplification through Simplification
Gioia and Gwynn, The Elements of Short Fiction
Munro, How I Met my Husband
Minot, Lust
Oates, Where are you Going, Where have you Been
Schwartz, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Jackson, The Lottery.