• By 4 p.m. Friday, April 17, groups e-mail crabtree@chula.ac.th and puckpan.t@chula.ac.th your nonfiction selections so that they can be posted here for your session instructors.
• Five minutes before your scheduled session, enter the meeting room by either 1) clicking on "Join Meeting" at your group's date and time in the schedule below to follow the URL link, or 2) input the provided Meeting ID in your Zoom program to join the meeting, and do voice exercises in the waiting room until you are called in.
  
• By 4 p.m. Friday, May 1, groups e-mail your two session instructors your paper. Their e-mail addresses are linked to their names in the schedule.
  

 

Instructions: In week 16, you will be presenting on one of the short stories below.

• Get into a group of four students. Members can come from any combination of sections.
• In week 13, choose a short story from the list below by sending an e-mail to crabtree@chula.ac.th with your top three preferred choices.
• The results and presentation schedule will be announced here by Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
• Pair your chosen fiction with a nonfiction piece.
• Prepare a 20–25-minute presentation to be delivered to two instructors via Zoom. There will be a short question and answer session at the end.
• Write a 4–5-page (MLA style format and citation) group paper on the fiction to be e-mailed to your two presentation instructors on May 1, 2020 by 4 p.m.
  

	Boyle, T. Coraghessan. “Asleep at the Wheel.” The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2019, pp. 55–61, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/asleep-at-the-wheel. In a near future of Self-driving Cars (S.D.C.) when real cars are extinct, a group of teenagers become fascinated with the stealing and racing of cars as depicted in the James Dean movie Rebel Without a Cause. So much so they decide to hack and steal two self-driving cars and reenact the movie’s famous  “Chicken” scene. Meanwhile Cindy, mother of one of the boys, and an advocate for the homeless, is developing a more than professional interest in one of her clients, a fact which does not go unnoticed by her own S.D.C., Carly.   Robbins, Benjamin. “Is Your Smartphone Making You Stupid?” The Guardian, 13 Jun. 2013, https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/jun/13/smartphone-making-you-stupid.	Presenters: Shunya, Niratchakorn, Supissara, Suebsak, Sudsita	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 10:00–10:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 815 3377 6599 Tony and Sani
	Carter, Andrea. “The Lamb.” The Irish Times, 12 Nov. 2019, https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-lamb-by-andrea-carter-shortlisted-for-writing-ie-short-story-of-the-year-1.4079469. The narrator of “The Lamb,” after many years’ absence, is returning to her hometown for a 30-year school reunion at the convent she attended as a teenager. Among many changes, her country’s mores have become increasingly liberal. But the narrator recalls a darker Ireland.     Moorehouse, Drusilla. “My Best Friend Saved Me When I Attempted Suicide, But I Didn't Save Her.” BuzzFeed, 12 May 2016, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/drumoorhouse/my-best-friend-saved-me-when-i-attempted-suicide-but-i-didnt.	Presenters: Sasisara, Kittichon, Nathakrit, Weeraya	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 12:00–12:25 p.m. Meeting ID: 834 2687 5914 Tony and Puckpan
	El-Mohtar, Amal. “Seasons of Glass and Iron.” Uncanny 13, Nov./Dec. 2016, https://uncannymagazine.com/article/seasons-glass-iron/. Tabitha has to walk in iron shoes for seven years because she broke a promise to her husband. Amira is perched atop a magic glass hill where no man can reach her, to save her father’s kingdom. The two meet.     Hill, Jess. “Patriarchy and Power: How Socialisation Underpins Abusive Behaviour.” The Guardian, 7 Mar. 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/08/patriarchy-and-power-how-gender-inequality-underpins-abusive-behaviour.	Presenters: Chayanin, Natrada, Supakjarin, Kunanon	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 10:30–10:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 974 3264 7214 Ingo and Michael
	Enright, Anne. “Night Swim.” The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020, pp. 69–71, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/09/night-swim. Michelle is taking her eight-year-old son Ben to a playdate with his friend Ava who lives in St. Clare Crescent. While navigating their way using her son’s smartphone she tries to answer his philosophical queries such as “Would you rather live in a turkey or have a turkey live inside you?” Upon arriving at St. Clare’s Crescent, Michelle chillingly realizes she has been here before and is drawn into memories of a past she thought she had forgot.     Schmelzer, Gretchen. “Parent's Corner: The Courage of Parenting with a History of Trauma.” The Trail Guide, Blog, Gretchen Schmelzer, 30 Mar. 2017, http://gretchenschmelzer.com/blog-1/2015/8/11/parents-corner-the-courage-of-parenting-with-a-history-of-trauma.	Presenters: Nichaporn, Passkorn, Sacha, Onjira	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 11:00–11:25 p.m. Meeting ID: 856 3221 1343 Tony and Ingo
	Folk, Kate. “Out There.” The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020, pp. 51–58, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/out-there. The narrator of Kate Folk’s near future dystopia sneers at other women who fall for blots, handsome male androids that seduce women before hacking into their phone and stealing data for criminal purposes. Then she meets Sam.     Kaschak, Ellyn. “What Is Wrong with Dichotomous Thinking.” Psychology Today, 30 Jun. 2015, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/she-comes-long-way-baby/201506/what-is-wrong-dichotomous-thinking.	Presenters: Napada, Fasai, Hathairat	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 8:30–8:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 896 7371 5429 Tony and Michael
	Gappah, Petina. “The Death of Wonder.” Rotten Row, Faber and Faber, 2016. Temporarily exiled to Gokwe, Chief Inspector Mafa encounters a murder case that tests how clean he is as a cop and how skeptical he is of the supernatural.     Nzenza, Sekai. “In the Shadow of Witchcraft.” The Herald, 31 Jan. 2012, https://www.herald.co.zw/in-the-shadow-of-witchcraft/.	Presenters: Yanisa, Thanachporn, Jittraporn, Pimpraew	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 8:30–8:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 950 3706 0097 Puckpan and Sani
	Hadley, Tessa. “The Other One.” The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020, pp. 63–69, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/the-other-one. A woman in her 40s gets an unexpected new look into the life of her father, who died in a car crash when she was twelve.     “Grieving a Parent’s Death at a Young Age: A Loss That Lingers.” The New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/opinion/letters/grief-childhood-parents.html.	Presenters: Pimlada, Chayanit, Kanruethai	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 11:30–11:55 p.m. Meeting ID: 405 876 9161 Michael and Ingo
	Hadley, Tessa. “Funny Little Snake.” The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2017, pp. 67–75, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/16/funny-little-snake. Valerie, the young new wife of a much older professor, finds herself cast in the role of the evil stepmother to a taciturn young girl. But in the end she remakes herself as the stepdaughter’s savior.     Caldwell, Chloe. “I Always Wanted to Be a Stepmom.” The New York Times, 19 Aug. 2019, https://parenting.nytimes.com/relationships/stepmom/.	Presenters: Thamonwan, Piyapat, Pattanun, Pimtida	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 9:30–9:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 912 4457 5876 Michael and Ingo
	Li, Yiyun. “A Sheltered Woman.” The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2014, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/10/a-sheltered-woman. The story of a Chinese-American nanny hired to spend a month and no more supporting a new mother and her baby; trying to keep detached from the emotional turmoil around her, she is also entrapped by her own past.     Valenti, Jessica. “Not Wanting Kids Is Entirely Normal.” The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2012, https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/not-wanting-kids-is-entirely-normal/262367/.	Presenters: Siraprapa, Saruttaya, Jidapa, Phattarawadee	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 9:00–9:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 912 4328 4288 Sani and Puckpan
	Liu, Ken. “Mono No Aware.” The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Head of Zeus, 2016, pp. 230–49. [Originally published in Lightspeed 37, Jun. 2013, http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/mono-no-aware/.] With Earth having been destroyed years earlier, Hiroto, on board the only spaceship that got away, is the last living Japanese in the universe. Issues of identity, loss and legacy become secondary, however, when Hiroto finds out that there is something wrong with the ship...     Sotelo, Maria Gracia. “Individualism in Times of COVID-19 Is Lethal, Yet We Can’t Help It.” Medium, 11 Apr. 2020, https://medium.com/@mariagraciasotelo/individualism-in-times-of-covid-19-is-lethal-yet-we-cant-help-it-18f125f3aa2f.	Presenters: Jeerisuda, Nutch, Sippakorn, Supitcha	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 8:00–8:25 p.m. Meeting ID: 967 7249 2627 Ingo and Puckpan
	Moore, Lorrie. “How to Be an Other Woman.” Self-Help, Faber and Faber, 1985 Charlene and Jack meet at a bus stop, and after a few dates, they sleep with each other. Charlene uses clever words to show that she doesn’t really care about this dead-end relationship, but does she?   Engle, Gigi. “I Was the Other Woman—but I Still Feel Sorrier for Myself Than for Her.” Marie Claire, 19 May 2017, https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a27172/i-was-the-other-woman/.	Presenters: Pranchalee, Supriya, Sunicha, Chanista	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 10:30–10:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 929 9668 1204 Sani and Ingo
	Moore, Lorrie. “What Is Seized.” Self-Help, Faber and Faber, 1985. A short story in which the narrator, Lynnie, describes the relationship between her mother and father while she watches her mother’s mental and physical health deteriorate.     Barbieri, Annalisa. “Dad Had an Affair—I Can’t Forgive Him.” Ask Annalisa Barbieri, The Guardian, 20 Jun. 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/20/dad-had-affair-cant-forgive-him.	Presenters: Pattanun, Kunlapat, Nichapa, Pattada	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 11:30–11:55 p.m. Meeting ID: 992 6961 1306 Sani and Puckpan
	Munro, Alice. “Child’s Play.” The Best American Short Stories 2008, edited by Salman Rushdie and Heidi Pitlor, Houghton Mifflin, 2008, pp. 201–29. [Originally published in Harper's Magazine, Feb. 2007, https://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/childs-play-2/.] Why is Charlene, on her deathbed, so keen to see Marlene, when they haven’t had any contact for decades? What happened at the fateful summer camp they spent together as kids? And what role does Verna play, the “strange” child that used to haunt young Charlene?     Shaw, Kristin Vanderhey, “How to Teach Our Kids Not to Hate, despite All the Hate They're Exposed to This Election,” The Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/09/26/how-to-teach-your-kids-not-to-hate-despite-this-election-year/.	Presenters: Sarunyu, Sorawich, Panas, Phitchayawi	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 10:00–10:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 961 0303 0646 Ingo and Sani
	Ross, Jacob. “The Understanding.” Tell No-One about This: Collected Short Stories 1975–2017, Peepal Tree P, 2017. You think “something is wrong with you.” You wonder “what made the girls go? What happened there in the quiet where the vines hang down from the cutlet trees like a bright green waterfall? It was Pansy who made you know.” You are sure your teacher, Mr. Celestine, hates you. Then you complete yesterday’s composition assignment in class instead of today’s math test and gets called to his office to come to an understanding.     Bliss, Jackson. “Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free.” Longreads, Mar. 2019, https://longreads.com/2019/03/18/our-words-will-save-us-and-set-us-free/.	Presenters: Kornkanok, Wirakarn, Nitchakarn, Nuttharinee	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 9:30–9:55 p.m. Meeting ID: 979 1699 1268 Puckpan and Tony
	Saroyan, William. “Gaston.” 1962. Madness in the Family, New Directions, 1988, pp. 25–32. A rare afternoon with a young man and his daughter. After her nap, he is just getting to know her and she him as they prepare to eat peaches and encounter Gaston—Who might he be?—when her mother calls from overseas.     Gottlieb, Lori. “Dear Therapist: I Can’t Deal with My Mother’s Hatred of My Father.” The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/08/my-father-kidnapped-me-my-mother-still-hates-him/595351/.	Presenters: Wattanapong, Piyadanai, Chanoknan, Adiluk	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 10:00–10:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 925 9809 2048 Puckpan and Ingo
	Saunders, George. “Puppy.” The Best American Short Stories 2008, edited by Salman Rushdie and Heidi Pitlor, Houghton Mifflin, 2008, pp. 260–68. [Originally published in The New Yorker, 28 May 2007, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/05/28/puppy-2.] “Oh, God, what a wonderful world.” Marie has it all; the happy children, the great husband, the comfortable life. Callie is, well, rather different. But Callie has the puppy that Abbie wants and needs...     “I Fear Becoming Like My Mother.” Her View from Home, https://herviewfromhome.com/motherhood-fear-becoming-like-mom/.	Presenters: Puthita, Lalida, Worakran, Sirikorn	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 9:00–9:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 917 2257 4840 Ingo and Tony
	Saunders, George. “Sea Oak.” The Barcelona Review 20, Sep./Oct. 2000, http://www.barcelonareview.com/20/e_gs.htm. Good, reliable Aunt Bernie returns from the dead to lay claim to all the pleasures that her miserable life denied her and her family.     Desmond, Matthew. “American ant to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.” The New York Times Magazine, 11 Sep. 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/magazine/americans-jobs-poverty-homeless.html.	Presenters: Napasorn, Pitchayawan, Nattarika, Sapassorn	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 10:30–10:55 p.m. Meeting ID: 405 876 9161 Michael and Tony
	Scott, Rion Amilcar. “Shape-Ups at Delilah’s.” The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019, pp. 57–64, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/07/shape-ups-at-delilahs. A Hair Crisis afflicts the community of Cross River but then Tiny, a magician with clippers, opens a barbershop that has the men of the neighborhood lining up around the block to have her tame their unruly locks.     Chira, Susan. “The ‘Manly’ Jobs Problem.” The New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/sunday-review/sexual-harassment-masculine-jobs.html.	Presenters: Apichart, Prinporn, Jittima, Preeyanun, Prawmanee	Join Meeting: Wednesday, April 22 8:00–8:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 899 9429 6602 Michael and Tony
	Shepard, Jim. “The Zero Meter Diving Team.” Like You’d Understand, Anyway: Stories, Knopf, 2007, pp. 3–23, https://bombmagazine.org/articles/the-zero-meter-diving-team/. Three brothers grow up playing, fighting and getting thrashed, like many boys in the ’60s and in their country. In their prime, variously they “are right in the thick of” the Chernobyl power station explosion and its aftermath.	Presenters: Thai, Thaletham, Nutdanai	Join Meeting: Sunday, April 26 11:00–11:25 p.m. Meeting ID: 949 6593 9559 Puckpan and Michael
	Trevor, William. “The Woman of the House.” The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2008. Two young men are hired by a Irish man to paint his house. Before they finish painting the house, the Irish man disappears and it seems clear that his wife hides the fact of his death so she can continue her secret plan.     Grigore, Christiana. “The Gypsy in Me.” The New York Times, 21 Jun. 2012, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/opinion/global-agenda-magazine-the-gypsy-in-me.html.	Presenters: Kesirin, Laksanaree, Rattanapat, Pontakorn	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 10:30–10:55 a.m. Meeting ID: 968 1929 3594 Sani and Tony
	Washington, Bryan. “Visitor.” The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2020, pp. 55–61, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/20/visitor. When the first love of his recently deceased father shows up unexpectedly, the narrator has a chance to reconnect with his history and re-examine his own life and relationship.   Varina, Rachel. “Will You Always Love Your First Love? An Unofficial Study.” Betches, 9 Jan. 2020, https://betches.com/will-you-always-love-your-first-love-an-unofficial-study/.	Presenters: Busakorn, Puritat, Nutthakrit	Join Meeting: Friday, April 24 10:00–10:25 a.m. Meeting ID: 924 1738 1348 Michael and Puckpan

Important Dates:

• April 1: List of short stories posted on the course webpage.
• April 1–3: Groups e-mail their first three short story preferences to the course coordinator at crabtree@chula.ac.th by 4 p.m. on Friday, April 3.
• April 8: Selection results announced on the course webpage.
• April 15: Presentation schedule posted on the course webpage.
• April 17: Groups e-mail your nonfiction selection to crabtree@chula.ac.th and to puckpan.t@chula.ac.th by 4 p.m.
  
• April 22, 24, and 26: Groups present their fiction and fact pair to two instructors via Zoom.
• May 1: Groups e-mail their paper (4–5 pp., MLA format) to their presentation instructors by 4 p.m.