Presentation
Schedule
Instructions: The
group presentations take place in a series of simultaneous
sessions over three days.
- 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.
Fiction,
Nonfiction and Session Listing
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.
List of Fiction:
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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
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
10:00–10:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
815 3377 6599
Tony
and Sani
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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.
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Presenters: Sasisara,
Kittichon, Nathakrit, Weeraya
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
12:00–12:25 p.m.
Meeting ID:
834 2687 5914
Tony
and Puckpan
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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.
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Presenters: Chayanin,
Natrada, Supakjarin, Kunanon
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Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
974 3264 7214
Ingo
and Michael |
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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.
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Presenters: Nichaporn,
Passkorn, Sacha, Onjira
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
11:00–11:25 p.m.
Meeting ID:
856 3221 1343
Tony
and Ingo |
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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.
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Presenters:
Napada, Fasai, Hathairat |
Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
8:30–8:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
896 7371 5429
Tony
and Michael |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Yanisa, Thanachporn, Jittraporn, Pimpraew
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Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
8:30–8:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
950 3706 0097
Puckpan
and Sani |
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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.
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Presenters: Pimlada,
Chayanit, Kanruethai
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
11:30–11:55 p.m.
Meeting ID:
405 876 9161
Michael
and Ingo |
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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/.
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Presenters: Thamonwan,
Piyapat, Pattanun, Pimtida
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Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
9:30–9:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
912 4457 5876
Michael
and Ingo |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Siraprapa, Saruttaya, Jidapa, Phattarawadee
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Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
9:00–9:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
912 4328 4288
Sani
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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.
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Presenters:
Jeerisuda, Nutch, Sippakorn, Supitcha |
Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
8:00–8:25 p.m.
Meeting ID:
967 7249 2627
Ingo
and Puckpan |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Pranchalee, Supriya, Sunicha, Chanista |
Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
929 9668 1204
Sani
and Ingo |
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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.
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Presenters:
Pattanun, Kunlapat, Nichapa, Pattada |
Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
11:30–11:55 p.m.
Meeting ID:
992 6961 1306
Sani
and Puckpan |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Sarunyu, Sorawich, Panas, Phitchayawi |
Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
10:00–10:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
961 0303 0646
Ingo
and Sani |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Kornkanok, Wirakarn, Nitchakarn, Nuttharinee
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Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
9:30–9:55 p.m.
Meeting ID:
979 1699 1268
Puckpan
and Tony |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Wattanapong, Piyadanai, Chanoknan, Adiluk
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
10:00–10:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
925 9809 2048
Puckpan
and Ingo |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Puthita, Lalida, Worakran, Sirikorn |
Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
9:00–9:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
917 2257 4840
Ingo
and Tony |
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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.
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Presenters:
Napasorn, Pitchayawan, Nattarika, Sapassorn
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
10:30–10:55 p.m.
Meeting ID:
405 876 9161
Michael
and Tony |
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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.
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Presenters:
Apichart, Prinporn, Jittima, Preeyanun, Prawmanee
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Join Meeting:
Wednesday, April 22
8:00–8:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
899 9429 6602
Michael
and Tony
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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.
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Presenters: Thai,
Thaletham, Nutdanai
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Join Meeting:
Sunday, April 26
11:00–11:25 p.m.
Meeting ID:
949 6593 9559
Puckpan
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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.
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Presenters:
Kesirin, Laksanaree, Rattanapat, Pontakorn
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Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Meeting ID:
968 1929 3594
Sani
and Tony |
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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/.
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Presenters:
Busakorn, Puritat, Nutthakrit
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Join Meeting:
Friday, April 24
10:00–10:25 a.m.
Meeting ID:
924 1738 1348
Michael
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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.
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