9/11/2023 0 Comments Solitaire paradise crazy quilt![]() ![]() Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life-His Own. Addiction, reporting.Ĭary, Lorene. ![]() In Cold Blood, the first "nonfiction novel," about murders of a family and the trials of the murderers.+Ĭarr, David. A fantastic meditation on passing and on white and black identity with extensive research.+Ĭapote, Truman. The author traces her reactions to learning that her father, noted writer Anatole Broyard, was born in an African-American family and that he hid this from her and her brother. One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life-A Story of Race and Family Secrets. Punch Me Up to The Gods: A memoir about growing up Black and gay in Ohio, an urgent and beautifully-structured book.īroyard, Bliss. A memoir on mental illness and friendship from the point of view of a social worker.īerry, Wendell: many books (mostly on environmental issues)īroom, Brian. Notes of a Native Son (collection of essays by noted African-American writer)īarber, Charles. A Place to Stand. A memoir about growing up Chicano in the Southwest, losing the guidance of his parents, finding his way into and out of jail and into poetry. Beautiful description and approachable narrator, told in linked mini-essays.īaca, Jimmy Santiago. A beautiful portrait of life in African-American Detroit before and during World War II from a child's perspective. Hilarious search for the chocolate heart of America.+Īrnett, Marvin V. Growing up poor in the rural southeast.Īlmond, Steve. Life among sharecroppers in the South of the 1940s.Īllison, Dorothy. great stuff.Īgee, James and Walker Evans. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us. Fantastic essays on music, pop culture, race politics, gender. Adventures of a wildman fighting environmental destruction.*Ībdurraqib, Hanif. I also have another list of books about theory and practice of creative nonfiction and memoir.Ībbey, Edward. *Books with * at the end have proven frustrating for students, so that's just a word to the wise.That doesn't mean they're bad books, maybe not friendly for "first book in the genre." + Books with a + at the end have a healthy helping of research and are good models for incorporating an involved or immersed narrator into a research project. Just to warn you in advance.I'll probably say no and steer you back to this list. If you want to read a book not on this list, you must have it approved by me first. The thumbnail descriptions are not book reviews, just notes on subject matter for my students. This is not every book I enjoy, just the ones I use in my teaching. This is not an exhaustive list but I do add to it pretty often I use this with my creative writing students for book-length presentations. ).Recommended Works of Creative Nonfiction for Sonya's CNF students La Belle Lucie can be played in all modern browsers, on all device types (desktop, tablet, mobile), and on all operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Trefoil Solitaire follows mostly the same rules as La Belle Lucie, but makes the game slightly easier by starting with the Aces already on the foundations.Ĭrescent Solitaire also belongs to the fan solitaire family. The foundations are built up in suit, from Ace to King. If you are stuck, you can reshuffle the cards. ![]() On the tableau you can move the top card onto another top card by suit in descending order. The first 17 tableau piles get 3 cards each and the last pile gets one card. ![]() Deal & layoutĪll cards are dealt to the tableau. Move all cards to the foundations by suit in ascending order. Also known as: Alexander the Great, Clover Leaves, Midnight Oil. ![]()
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