Author Archives: Susan Farrell

Please respond to anything that particularly interested you in Interior Chinatown. Here are some prompts to get you started thinking: One of the most striking aspects of this novel is its form.  What do you think Yu gains by writing the … Continue reading →

Like always, you’re welcome to respond to another student’s post or to discuss anything that interests you in the novel.  But here are some prompts to get you started thinking: Discuss the book’s title Why does the novel begin with … Continue reading →

You should respond to anything that particularly interested you in Fun Home.  Here are some questions to get you started thinking.  Also, feel free to respond to another student’s post, if you’d prefer. Title and Overall Structure: Discuss the implications of … Continue reading →

Like always, please respond to anything that interested you in Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres.  Here are some topics to consider: Consider the novel’s epigraph from Meridel Le Seuer. How does this quote shape and inform the book? Is Ginny … Continue reading →

While you’re free to write about anything in Tracks that interested you, here are some prompts to get you started thinking: What do the “tracks” of the title refer to? Are there literal “tracks” in the novel?  How do tracks work as … Continue reading →

Here are some questions you might want to comment on in relation to Song of Solomon.  But, of course, you should feel free to respond to anything else in the book that particularly interested you. Discuss the novel’s title and how … Continue reading →

Respond to anything in the book that interested you. Here are some ideas to get you started: Talk about the book’s form. How does it play with audience expectations? How does O’Brien blur fact and fiction?  What do you think … Continue reading →

We’ll be discussing Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise this week. As always, you’re free to comment on anything in the book that interested you.  You’re also free to respond to another student’s post.  But here are some prompts to get you started thinking … Continue reading →

Like always, feel free to discuss anything that particularly interested you in the book or to respond to another student’s post.  Here are some prompts to get you started thinking: Comment on the book’s style. How would you characterize it?  … Continue reading →

Please respond to anything that particularly interested you in Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle.  Here are some questions to get you started thinking: Merricat Blackwood is a pretty amazing fictional character.  Talk about her. What do you … Continue reading →