[TM] = Morrison, Toni. Jazz. Reprint edition. Vintage, 2004. ISBN: 9781400076215.
[JD] = Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Reprint edition. Riverhead Books, 2008. ISBN: 9781594483295. [Preview with Google Books]
[MK] = Kahf, Mohja. The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. PublicAffairs, 2006. ISBN: 9780786715190.
[LE] = Erdrich, Louise. The Round House. Reprint edition. Harper Perennial, 2013. ISBN: 9780062065254. [Preview with Google Books]
[MH] = Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Harvest Books, 2008. ISBN: 9780156034029.
[RO] = Ozeki, Ruth. A Tale for the Time Being. Penguin Books, 2013. ISBN: 9780143124870. [Preview with Google Books]
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | No assigned readings |
| 2 | The Octoroon |
Boucicault, Dion. The Octoroon. (PDF) Jacobs-Jenkins, Branden. An Octoroon. Dramatist’s Play Service, 2015. ISBN: 9780822232261. |
| Migrations | ||
| 3 | Jazz | [TM] pp. 4–114. |
| 4 | Jazz (cont.) | [TM] pp. 117–229. |
| 5 | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | [JD] As close to pg. 165 as possible. |
| 6 | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (cont.) | [JD] As close to finished as possible. |
| 7 | Maus I |
[JD] Complete. Spiegelman, Art. “Maus I.” In Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Box set edition. Pantheon, 1993. ISBN: 9780679748403. |
| 8 | Maus I (cont.) | No assigned readings |
| Coming of Age | ||
| 9 | The House on Mango Street |
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage, 1991. ISBN: 9780679734772. |
| 10 | Unaccustomed Earth |
Lahiri, Jhumpa. “Part Two: Hema and Kaushik.” In Unaccustomed Earth. Reprint edition. Vintage, 2009. ISBN: 9780307278258. |
| 11 | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf | [MK] pp. 1–155. |
| 12 | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) | [MK] pp. 156–297. |
| 13 | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) | [MK] pp. 298–441. |
| Culture and Narratives | ||
| 14 | The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) | No assigned readings |
| 15 | Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand |
Delany, Samuel R. “Excerpt to pg. 92.” In Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand. 20th edition. Wesleyan, 2004. ISBN: 9780819567147. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 16 | The Round House | [LE] pp. 1–108. |
| 17 | The Round House (cont.) | [LE] pp. 109–201. |
| 18 | The Round House (cont.) | [LE] pp. 202–317. |
| 19 | Conference Reports | No assigned readings |
| 20 | Special Guest: Mia Heavener |
Excerpt from Mia Heavener’s forthcoming book, Under Nushagak Bluff, from Red Hen Press (not available). OCW users may read the following story as a substitution: Heavener, Mia C. “Blurry.” The Cortland Review. May 2011. |
| 21 | Conference Reports (cont.) | No assigned readings |
| The Return | ||
| 22 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | [MH] pp. 1–138. |
| 23 | A Tale for the Time Being |
[MH] Complete. [RO] pp. 1–108. |
| 24 | A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) | [RO] pp. 109–258. |
| 25 | A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) | [RO] pp. 259–416. |
| 26 | A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) | No assigned readings |
