Hello faithful blog readers! (the few that exist)
This week I have the pleasure of being the class blogger.
I went through several other ASTU student’s blogs this week and all of them were about our field trip to the archives.
Our ASTU class had a fun and educational trip to the UBC archives where we were treated to Joy Kogawa’s life documents. By popular opinion it was definitely an interesting and helpful trip. We were given further insight into her life and even found letters from a possible affair!
Some people were more blessed than I was with the box that they had gotten. Mine was mostly drafts but the people next to me had the letter from Brian Mulroney which was interesting to see.
From observing other blogs, it is clear that the rest of the class agrees that having this “secret knowledge” into Joy Kogawa’s life makes it more interesting to read and write about her.
It feels like we, as a class, have this awesome sort of advantage.
It’s hard to appreciate the work that goes into writing a book when all we see are the heavily edited published pages. We got to see all the hard work and detail that went into writing Obasan and it really enunciates how hard it is to write a book. Especially for Joy Kogawa because she had to look back on her tough past.
I can collectively say that it was a successful trip and everyone was thankful we were given the opportunity.
I wish my other classes had field trips…. !