Dr Robert G. May Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL100 students: Why did Charlotte Perkins Gilman write “The Yellow Wallpaper”? She answers this question in a short article in The Forerunner (Oct. 1913), reprinted here: https://t.co/ht9cZ49qTc

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL215 students: Here’s an infamous 1977 interview with Margaret Atwood from the CBC, in which she discusses some of her early work, including The Edible Woman. She also makes it abundantly clear that she’s not interested in answering certain questions!: https://t.co/fZBd6R4Cfe

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL162 students, Sarah K. went to the GES Used Book Sale today and found this gem by Yann Martel, author of The Life of Pi. There are still lots of books available to browse through on Day 2 of the Sale, tomorrow (15 Mar. 2023), 9.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Room 115, Watson Hall! https://t.co/eApm5hqPkk

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL100 students: David Foster Wallace also wrote the sprawling, magisterial novel Infinite Jest. You can read about it at the Guardian, here: https://t.co/UFQNgIsS9L

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL100 students: Here is a rare recording of Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”: https://t.co/X12vcUUEco

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL162 students, Jena D. also attended the Giller event, which featured a panel of special guest speakers to discuss Suzette Mayr's winning novel, The Sleeping Car Porter! https://t.co/0MfWV2cCPz

Dr Robert G. May

#ENGL161 students: Here is a great profile of Chinua Achebe from the New Yorker, which contains information about his best known novel Things Fall Apart: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/26/after-empire

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Here's an interesting article from the New York Times on the Indigenous influence on the ecology of Dune. #ENGL100 and #ENGL161 students, it reminded me of the similar message in Simpson's "Big Water": https://t.co/5O0JhxRNFK