No class (Mother's Day)

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Reading

• *Dave Eggers, "The Man at the River," Granta 124: Travel (2013)
• *Lydia Davis, "Five Short Stories," Five Dials (2018)
• *Lydia Davis, "Commentary on One Very Short Story ('In a House Besieged')," Essays (2014)
• "Yes Men Hoax on BBC Reminds World of Dow Chemical’s Refusal to Take Responsibility for Bhopal Disaster," Democracy Now! (2004; with video and transcript)

Reading

• *Tessa Hadley, "Bad Dreams," The New Yorker (2013)
• Swallows and Amazons
• Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons (1930 novel)
• Swallows and Amazons, directed by Claude Whatham (1974 film; trailer clip, 3:24 min.)
• Swallows and Amazons, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (2016 film; trailer clip, 2:28 min.)

• *Leslie Jamison, "In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale," The New York Times Magazine (2017)

• *Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, "Audition," The New Yorker (2018
• Deborah Treisman, "Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads 'Audition,'" The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker, WNYC (2018; audio clip, 42:00 min.)
• Interview, The New Yorker (2018)
• "Saïd Sayrafiezadeh" (official website)
• "Saïd Sayrafiezadeh at the Random House Author Event for NYC Educators 2012," Penguin Random House Library (2012; video clip, 11:56 min.)
• "The Seinfeld Story," NBC (2004; video clip, 41:48 min.)
• "Michael Jordan Career Retrospective," NBA (2014; video clip, 6:55 min.)
• Crack Cocaine
• "Crack Cocaine," Center for Substance Abuse Research, University of Maryland (2013)
• "Cocaine," National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health (2018; topics include: What is cocaine?, How do people use cocaine?, How does cocaine affect the brain?)
  
• Crackhouse, directed by Carl John, Real Life, BBC (2003 documentary by former addict; 58:08 min.; ! Contains material that may be disturbing for some viewers ex. drug use, brief partial nudity, strong language)
• John Tierney, "The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts," The New York Times (2013)
• The Cocaine Route, directed by Thierry Gaytàn, (2013 documentary about the journey of cocaine from producer to consumer; 54:16 min.; ! Contains material that may be disturbing for some viewers ex. drug use, some profanity)

• *Sugar, "The Future Has an Ancient Heart," The Rumpus (2011)
• *Octavia Butler, "Positive Obsession," Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)
• Matthew Sigelman, "Getting Past the Lazy Debate," Inside Higher Ed (2016)
• "15 More Companies That No Longer Require a Degree—Apply Now," Glassdoor (2020)
• Jon Jandai, "Life Is Easy. Why Do We Make It So Hard?," TEDxDoiSuthep (2011; video clip, 15:09 min.)
• "Emma Watson Talks Turning 30, Working with Meryl Streep, and Being Happily Single," British Vogue (2019; video clip, 30:00 min.)

• *T. C. Boyle, "Admiral," Stories II (2005)

• *Alex Tizon, "My Family's Slave [Lola's Story]," The Atlantic (2017)
• Jeffrey Goldberg, "A Reporter's Final Story," Editor's Note (2017)
• John Bonazzo, "‘Disgusted’ Women, Minorities Criticize Viral Atlantic Story ‘My Family’s Slave,’" Observer (2017)
• M. Evelina Galang, "What the Conversation around Alex Tizon's Atlantic Story Is Missing," Slate (2017)
• Marnette Federis, "Five Things to Consider If You Are Reading ‘My Family’s Slave,’" PRI (2017)
• Rose Minutaglio, "Sisters of Late Writer Raised by Family’s Secret Slave Feel ‘Angry and Guilty’ About Their Past: ‘We Felt Powerless,’" People (2017)
• "How to Understand Our Times: Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr. Denis Mukwege," The New York Times's Live Events (2019; video clip, 1 hr. 21:35 min.)

• *Kiese Laymon, "I Am a Big Black Man Who Will Never Own a Gun Because I Know I Would Use It," Gay Mag (2018)
• Hanna Rosin, "What Ten Students Learned from Having to Say Their Worst Thoughts on Race Out Loud," All Things Considered, NPR (2020; with audio clip, 5 min., and transcript)

• *Weike Wang, "Omakase," The New Yorker (2018)
• Deborah Treisman, "Weike Wang on the Privilege of Not Having to Think about Race," The New Yorker (2018 interview)
• House of Flying Daggers, directed by Zhang Yimou, Sony Pictures Classics (2004)
• Seeking Asian Female, directed by Debbie Lum, Independent Lens, PBS (2013 documentary)
• Video extras
• Episode 1: "What Is 'Yellow Fever'?" (4:21 min.)
• Episode 4: "Do Asian Women Have 'White Fever'?" (7:57 min.)
• Episode 5: "What About Interracial Marriage?" (7:07 min.)
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb, Magnolia Pictures (2011 documentary)
• "Trailer," Netflix (2012; 2:28 min.)
• "Yamamoto Film Clip" (2012; 3:34 min.)
• "Political Correctness: A Force for Good? A Munk Debate," Jordan B. Peterson (2018; video clip, 2 hr. 4:25 min.; debate begins at around 11:25 min.)
  

• *Simba Runyowa, "Microaggressions Matter," The Atlantic (2015)
• *Pathik Pathak, "Cross-Cultural Marriage Is No Picnic," The Guardian (2010)
• Microaggressions
• Derald Wing Sue, "Microaggressions in Everyday Life," Wiley (2010; video clip, 4:24 min.)
• Microaggressions: Power, Privilege, and Everyday Life (2010–present)
  
• Scott Lilienfeld, "The Science of Microaggressions: It’s Complicated," Observations, Scientific American (2017)
  
• Tori DeAngelis, "Unmasking 'Racial Micro Aggressions,'" Monitor on Psychology, vol. 40, no. 2 (2009)
  
• "Examples of Racial Microaggressions," University of Minnesota
• Heben Nigatu, "21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis," BuzzFeed (2013)

• *Doug Henderson, "The Manga Artist," The Iowa Review, vol. 48, no. 3 (2019)
• "A Conversation With PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019 Author Doug Henderson," Catapult (2019)
• "Exclusive interview with Doug Henderson on his novel, The Cleveland Heights LGBT Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club," Goth Grammarist (2014)

• *David Sedaris, "Full House," Esquire (2003)
• *Liesl Shurtliff, "In Defense of Graphic Novels and Those Who Read Them," Nerdy Book Club (2019)

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Reading

• *Alex Mar, "Love in the Time of Robots," The Best American Magazine Writing (2018)
• "Sex Robots and Us," hosted by James Young, BBC (2018 documentary; video clip, 35:34 min.; requires sign-in to verify age)