Finding Arguments
in Lived Experience
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According to the news account, the case was appealed. I haven’t done the research to discover
what happened on appeal. The poem, however, makes me want to learn. It makes me see and feel the lived
details. For a moment, I see Ramona
screaming. And I can’t do the academic
equivalent of averting my eyes, walking by without stopping. I’ve got to stop. I’ve got to
know who is screaming and why. And if
at all possible, I’ve got to do something, even if it’s only something small
like calling 911, even if it’s only something small, like writing about it in
a way that will make other people stop and look and help. Your instructor will continue to assign you reading
from Min-Zhan Lu’s Shanghai Quartet. As you read, keep a list: What does Lu make you stop to see? |
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Eldred-University of Kentucky English-University of Kentucky
Writing Program-Town and Gown