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You've landed at Diana Joseph's Syllabi. I am Diana Joseph; these are my syllabi. I teach at Minnesota State University, Mankato where every student is my favorite. My collection of short stories HAPPY OR OTHERWISE was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. My memoir I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY is forthcoming in March 2009 from Putnam Books.
Syllabi
- Spring 2011
- English 646 Contemporary Prose
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- Fall 2010
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- Spring 2010
- English 448 Contemporary Literature
- English 340 Undergraduate Form and Technique
- English 101 Composition
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- FALL 2009
- English 640 Graduate Form and Technique
- English 449/549 Writing the Humorous Essay
- English 242 Introduction to Creative Writing
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- SUMMER 2009
- English 101 Composition
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- SPRING 2009
- English 211 Women's Literature
- English 340 Form and Technique
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- FALL 2008
- English 343 Fiction Workshop
- English 649 Teaching Creative Writing
- English 640 Graduate Form and Technique
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- SUMMER 2008
- English 101 Class Picture
- English 101 Composition
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- SPRING 2008
- English 643 Graduate Fiction Workshop
- English 449/549 Southern Women Writers
- English 340 Form and Technique
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- FALL 2007
- English 343 Fiction Workshop
- English 643 Graduate Fiction Workshop
- English 640 Graduate Form and Technique
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- SPRING 2007
- English 643 Graduate Fiction Workshop
- English 340 Form and Technique
- English 343 Fiction Workshop
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Interviews
- Scott Korb, author of Life in Year One
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- Sam Ligon, author of SAFE IN HEAVEN DEAD and DRIFT AND SWERVE
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- Robin Hemley, author of DO-OVER
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- Midge Raymond, author of FORGETTING ENGLISH
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- MaryElizabeth Williams, author of GIMME SHELTER
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- Jorge Evans, publisher of RockSaw Press
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- David McGlynn, author of THE END OF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
- McGlynn, Part 2
- McGlynn, Part 3
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- Paul Maliszewski, author of FAKERS: HOAXERS, CON ARTISTS, COUNTERFEITERS, AND OTHER GREAT PRETENDERS
- Maliszewski, Part 2
- Maliszewski, Part 3
- Maliszewski, Part 4
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- I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY: The Website
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- I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY on MySpace
- It's Me. It's Him. It's Them., an essay
- The Devil I Know is the Man Upstairs, an essay
- "Love in the Land of Sweet Tomorrow," a short story
- Interview with PIF Magazine
- Interview with Emerging Writers Network
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- Who said what: click here.
- 50 Stories I Love in Different Ways and for Differ...
- How do you define "success"? Click here.
- Have Any Of You Read This?
- What do you think of maximalism? Click here.
- Twenty years since Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vani...
- Author Wishes She Hadn't Blown Personal Tragedy on...
- For a look into the nuts and bolts of book publish...
- As if you don't already have too many blogs to rea...
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- A very small book tour: click here.
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3 comments:
That article is too long to read.
har har
Ok, I read the article. I don't think I'm in either camp, but my favorite novel this year was minimalist (Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson). Then again, the ultra-maximilist Ulysses is my favorite hunk of writing of all time. On the other hand, I've wrassled with Infinite Jest several times, and have yet to come out on top. Still, I think Carver is the bomb. But I like Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers too. Do we really have to take sides? If it means becoming as miserable and humorless as Mr. Wood, I'll pass. I like it up here on the fence.
I also think it's very difficult to criticize literature in the moment in which it has been written (at least in terms of its overall place in literary history). I think the misreadings pointed out in the article prove that it's very easy to miss the zeitgeist of a particular writer if the critic's experience is too far removed from that of the author. Like a football coach relying on an outdated formula for success, I think Mr. Wood may have been left behind by the game he loves. Of course, that assessment is based solely on this article. I haven't read him, and I doubt that I will anytime soon.
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