Ever is a Long Time by W. Ralph Eubanks-TW M/Th P2 WP3

In Ever is a Long Time, Ralph Eubanks experienced upon returning to the site of his old family farm in Mississippi for the first time in years. He came to a conclusion that he no longer lived there, the place he once knew as home ceased to exist. He ended his memoir that “My house in Washington was my real home. That piece of Mississippi ground outside Mount Olive bore no signs of my presence and no longer belonged to me. That spot is merely a memory, the thing of wishes that can’t come true. After coming to that realization, I let go of a piece of my past” (203). This forum is for specific discussion on Ever is a Long time by W. Ralph Eubanks. What are your first reactions? What did you like most about the memoir? Also what question(s) do you have about Ever is a Long Time? Students should try their best to answer each other’s questions. See Blog Assignment for additional information!

"Driver's Education" by Paula Whyman-TW

This forum is for specific discussion on "Driver's Education" by Paula Whyman. What are your first reactions? What did you like most about the short story and/or the collection of short stories? Also what question(s) do you have about the "Driver's Education"? Students should try their best to answer each other’s questions. See Blog Assignment for additional information!

Fathering Words by E. Ethelbert Miller-Humanities I

Discuss the importance of Soren Kierkegaard’s excerpt, the notion of the double voice, and the borderline between memoir, autobiography, and fiction in Fathering Words. Finally, choose one allusion and explain the intertextuality between Miller’s textual personal mythology and the literary allusions. (Post one comment using MLA format- no less than 300 words.)

On Our Way to Beautiful by Yolanda Young-TW Classes

On Our Way to Beautiful captures a personal mythology. Yolanda Young embarks the reader on a personal journey. She urges us into a personal “space” in an effort to defining her identity. In doing so, she hopes that it is in this “space” of creation that we will find those words with which we can speak of ourselves and others. Discuss how Yolanda Young explores this introspective “space” and the emergence of social, political, and cultural identity formation. What effect does this have on you as a reader? Write a minimum of 250 words discussing the author’s unique perspective on relationships using textual evidence to back up your ideas.