I think the best thing to happen in AP Lit this week was probably listening to all of the poems by Ross Gay. I’ve discovered that I actually kind of like poetry when I’m not forced to analyze it. Like, this Ross Gay guy had some pretty rad stuff. A major aspect of it that I enjoyed was just like, how easy going the guy was, but still so enthusiastic. So, I’m not sure that I would have enjoyed the poems as much if I just read them out of a book. Also this week I powered through and finished my first book for the author study, Enduring Love. It wasn’t terrible, but I would NOT recommend it. It was like reading a really bad fanfiction. I didn’t even really have to finish it either because I cannot put myself through another one of that author’s books. So it doesn’t even count for the authors study. Experience I guess. I started a new book, The Wind - Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami, that I think I will apreciate a lot more. Student Teacher Ben recommended it and said it was very funny, and boy he is right. The book is very odd, but very funny. I’m excited to, one, see where this book goes, and two, read more of the author’s work. When I said that listening to Ross Gay’s poems was the highlight of my AP Lit week, I forgot about not having a poem of the week. THAT was the best. Like actually, I reminded myself of that just as a way to reassure myself that my least favorite part of the day wasn’t coming for a whole week. It was great.
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