For next class session, please read Dave Lucas' Weather (University of Georgia Press, 2011) and be prepared to discuss the collection.
Additionally, you will need to turn in a hard-copy of a typed, two-page, double-space response to the book. Your response essay should engage Lucas' book using one of the critical articles, essays, or chapters we've read so far this semester. To do so, please look at how writers such as Stephen Burt, Richard Hugo, Philip Larkin, James Longenbach, Richard Archambeau, or Elisa Gabbert critically engage with a poem. Think of their writing as a model for how you can approach Lucas' book. Ultimately, you'll want to provide a close reading of one of two poems in the collection that are emblematic of Weather's broader concerns or aesthetic traits.
In addition to being two-pages, double-spaced and typed, your responses should be in 12-point Times New Roman font with standard one inch margins. You name should appear in the top, right-hand corner and the essay should be formatted according to MLA-stlye guidelines. To this end, you should be properly quoting both Lucas' book and at least one of the articles.
By Monday 17 March at 12pm, everyone should email three questions that they would like to ask Lucas after her reading. These questions should engage his poems and the critical readings directly; moreover, they should be formed in such a manner that they will prompt extended discussion, not just "Yes" or "No" answers. I will read over your questions and provide feedback for how they can be improved. You will be expected to ask all the poets questions after their readings.
On Tuesday 18 March, instead of having a regular class session, Dave Lucas will be reading. I will provide more information regarding the reading over spring break via email.
