week4. mistral and [my love for] madwomen I have to say I am so glad there is poetry on the booklist for this course. I think it would have felt empty to me without the inclusion of poetry. This book, given its title and its content surrounding the theme, made me realize how much I […]
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week3. cartucho
week3. cartucho – Cartucho was an interesting book to read. It felt very much like a diary of stories captured by the lens of childhood. The storytelling was raw, unabating, and felt somewhat unvarnished in a very brash, poetic manner. The loose, unknowing endings and the vague misplacement in time felt purposeful, and in that […]
week2. mama blanca’s memoirs I enjoyed reading Mama Blanca’s Memoirs. Other than the simple, yet captivating storylines and interesting frame narrative, I loved the beauty of the words and the prose that made up most of the novel. It felt very fitting that both Mama Blanca (elderly) and Blanca Nieves (childhood) had this sixth sense of […]
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week1. introduction
week1. introduction My name is Jasmine, I’m currently a 2nd year student doing something in Arts. I took RMST 202 last spring and I thoroughly enjoyed the amount of freedom given to the students. I felt like a lot of the heavy stresses of university were somewhat alleviated through this kind of structure, so I’m […]