ENG 107 - University of Kentucky Fall 2022

 

  My Name  by  Sandra Cisneros In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing. It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine. She was a horse woman too, born like me in  the Chinese year of the horse--which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female-but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong.   My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild, horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That's the way he did it. And the story goes she never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I w

ENG107:  Writing Craft: Introduction to Imaginative Writing (sections 010, 011, 012, 013) Instructor: Dr. DaMaris B. Hill Time: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00 – 12:50PM Room:  Whitehall Classroom Building 102  Blog: www.107F22.blogspot.com Credits: 3 Office:  Patterson Office Tower 1275, Department of English Office Hours:  Monday at 11:00 am to 12:00pm or by appointment  Email :  damaris.hill@uky.edu   Course Description : Writing Craft: Introduction to Imaginative  Writing  is a n introduction to the genres and craft of creative writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry and etc. Students will study and practice writing in various modes through composition, peer critique, and research.    During our class times, we will meet to consider the ways creative writing is expressed in varied genres. The course will challenge students to critique and create writing in many different genres. The course will also discuss how and why authors choose to express themselves using different