According to Alexandra Schwarts, there’s a case to be made that this writer was first and foremost an antinuclear, antiwar, antiracist feminist activist who managed to become one of the truly original voices of American fiction in the later twentieth century.

Who are the masters of war in Dylan’s song of the same title?

We have read and discussed the lives and works of quite a few American poets/writers in this first unit.  Choose one that — for you — has been the most enjoyable, the one that you might be tempted to return to for an additional helping of after we have moved down the buffet line of American literature?  In a brief paragraph describe/explain your selection.

In the midst of this postwar era of prosperity, Allen Ginsberg composed his great poem __________________ in which he lambasted the nation’s conformist culture for destroying its best andbrightest citizens.

In Amy Tan’s “Half and Half,” what does the narrator’s mother when she returns to the spot where Bing was lost?

In Amy Tans Half and Half, where does the narrators mother keep her Bible?

This writer was born in Harlem and later move to Greenwich Village to focus on becoming a writer.  He befriended other artists, most notably Richard Wright and the yourng actor Marlon Brando.

What is a telenovela?

In Amy Tans Half and Half, what event has caused the narrator to be guilt ridden?

In fiction, many postmodernist authors adopt the self-referential style of __________________, a story that is just as much about the process of telling a story as it is about describing characters and events.