Welcome to Spring 2018! (DAY class): Week of January 29

This is the update for the DAYTIME 3:30-4:45 Section. See the other post if you’re in the NIGHT class

Hi everyone,

First a few housekeeping things before we get to the assignment itself.

• Remember to sign up for the class text message service from Remind. Send a text to 81010 with the message “@urbanwrite” to sign up. If that doesn’t work, send a text with the message “@urbanwrite” to (608)-467-4328.
• If you do not have a cell phone capable of text messages, sign up for email notifications at: rmd.at/urbanwrite

• You’ll also find it helpful to subscribe to new posts for this site: use the e-mail sign-up form on the main page.

For Thursday 2/1, read Juan Flores’s “The Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the US”, from his book Divided Borders. The PDF is on the Readings page. (Password hint: what year is it?).

Also watch this Youtube video of poet Tato Laviera reading his classic poem AmeRican, which Flores references on the last page. (The audio quality isn’t great, so you’ll have to listen carefully.)

Also listen to Felipe Luciano read his poem “Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger”.

Things to think about while reading/ watching:

• How do these begin to define Nuyorican identity and carve out a specific space in the city landscape?
• What’s the language used in the poems and who might it appeal to?
• What are the points of contact that Flores identifies in his essay?
• How do these points of contact explain how we interact with the urban space?

 

Welcome to Spring 2018! (NIGHT class): Week of January 29

This is the update for the NIGHT 7:45-9 PM Section. See the other post if you’re in the DAYTIME 3:30-4:45 class

Hi everyone,

First a few housekeeping things before we get to the assignment itself.

• Remember to sign up for the class text message service from Remind. Send a text to 81010 with the message “@urbanwrite” to sign up. If that doesn’t work, send a text with the message “@urbanwrite” to (608)-467-4328.
• If you do not have a cell phone capable of text messages, sign up for email notifications at: rmd.at/urbanwrite

• You’ll also find it helpful to subscribe to new posts for this site: use the e-mail sign-up form on the main page.

For Thursday 2/1, read Juan Flores’s “The Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the US”, from his book Divided Borders. The PDF is on the Readings page. (Password hint: what year is it?).

Also watch this Youtube video of poet Tato Laviera reading his classic poem AmeRican, which Flores references on the last page. (The audio quality isn’t great, so you’ll have to listen carefully.)

Also listen to Felipe Luciano read his poem “Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger”.

Things to think about while reading/ watching:

• How do these begin to define Nuyorican identity and carve out a specific space in the city landscape?
• What’s the language used in the poems and who might it appeal to?
• What are the points of contact that Flores identifies in his essay?
• How do these points of contact explain how we interact with the urban space?