Assignments followed by an asterisk are located in the course folder on Google Drive
Tuesday, January 14
INTRO
Franz Kafka, “The Metamorphosis”*
Thursday, January 16
Etgar Keret, “Fatso”*
Samantha Hunt, “Beast”*
Julia Armfield, “Mantis” (1)
Tuesday, January 21
Steven Millhauser, “Cat’N’Mouse” (3)
Steven Millhauser, “The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman” (21)
Thursday, January 23
Steven Millhauser, “The Room in the Attic” (37)
Steven Millhauser, “Dangerous Laughter (75)
Tuesday, January 28
Carmen Maria Machado, “The Husband Stitch” (3)
Carmen Maria Machado, “Inventory” (33)
Thursday, January 30
Carmen Maria Machado, “Mothers” (45)
Yasunari Kawabata, “One Arm”*
Han Kang, “The Fruit of My Woman”*
Tuesday,February 4
Julia Armfield, “The Great Awake” (19)
Julia Armfield, “The Collectibles” (45)
Thursday, February 6
Julia Armfield, “Stop Your Women’s Ears With Wax” (81)
Julia Armfield, “Granite” (105)
Tuesday, February 11
Yoko Ogawa, The Memory Police
Thursday, February 13
Yoko Ogawa, The Memory Police
Tuesday, February 18
Steven Millhauser, “History of A Disturbance” (95)
Steven Millhauser, “The Dome” (113)
Steven Millhauser, “In the Reign of Harad IV (123)
Thursday, February 20
Steven Millhauser, “The Other Town” (133)
Steven Millhauser, “The Tower” (145)
Steven Millhauser, “Here At the Historical Society” (161)
Tuesday, February 25
Carmen Maria Machado, “Real Women Have Bodies” (125)
Carmen Maria Machado, “Eight Bites” (149)
Thursday, February 27
Carmen Maria Machado, “The Resident” (169)
Carmen Maria Machado, “Difficult at Parties” (219)
Tuesday, March 3
Julia Armfield, “Smack” (129)
Julia Armfield, “Cassandra After” (149)
Thursday, March 5
Julia Armfield, “Salt Slow” (169)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”*
WORKSHOP: Raven Minyard & Jylian Peterson
Tuesday, March 10
SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 12
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 17
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Thursday, March 19
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
WORKSHOP: Dakota Sargent & Alexandra Marston
Tuesday, March 24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
WORKSHOP: Madison Harpham, Rachel Davis, & Kate Dearie
Thursday, March 26
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
WORKSHOP: Olympia LeHota, Mary Rossi, & Wendy Easley
Tuesday, March 31
Steven Millhauser, “A Change in Fashion” (171)
Steven Millhauser, “A Precursor of the Cinema” (179)
WORKSHOP: Ashleigh Hynst & Lashlee McCray
Thursday, April 2
Steven Millhauser, “Eisenheim The Illusionist”*
WORKSHOP: Kaia Rokke & Kayley Tuite
Tuesday, April 7
George Saunders, “The Semplica Girl Diaries”*
WORKSHOP: Siena Annable & Margie Heath
Thursday, April 9