Introductions: Covers and remixes

Coming to terms with Old School

• Rebecca Dickerson, “Are Words More Than Words?”
• Tobias Wollf, Interview
• Alex Kreger, “Reading’s All Write”
• Anna Lamb, “Mistaken Identity”

Why does the writer plagiarize Susan Friedman’s story?
What does the novel suggest the relationship between imitation and originality?

• Ernest Hemingway reads the narrator’s “Summer Dance” (135–38)
• Susan Friedman reads the narrator’s “Summer Dance” (161-63)

x3: Posner

To Do

1. Wed, 2/01, class: Read Posner
2. Thurs, 2/02, 9:00 am: Post x3 to Dropbox