#3GoodThings (1st class on #Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking)

1. The students were blown away; gutted was the word used.

2. We talked about how the narrative weaves together stream of consciousness (non-linear) with an extreme discipline (linearity).

3. One student remarked on the effect of Didion saying she picked out her wedding dress on the day JFK was murdered. A juxtaposition that packed a wallop.

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#3GoodThings (class on Don #DeLillo's Cosmopolis)

1. Played Erik #Satie's Gymnopédie 1, which the students didn't know (it plays in one of Eric Packer's elevators!)

2. Talked about ALL the #art in the novel: Not only Satie, but also #Rothko, rap, film.

3. Discussed the novel in relation to critiquing binaries; advancing a theory of asymmetry.

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