1. What movie did I reference when we talked about the diffi…

1. What movie did I reference when we talked about the difficulty in straddling two different cultures and not feeling like you fully belong in either? 2. What tweet did I read from Alexie in the video lecture? 3.  Name 1-2 writing tips from either Stephen King or Langston Hughes. 4. Alexie wanted to be what before he was a writer? 5. I created a video where I went over the Munoz video with various images as I discussed the passages. Name one of the videos/images in the lecture video.  

One day, my parents will be gone, and I will long for the fo…

One day, my parents will be gone, and I will long for the foods of my childhood, the way they long for theirs. I prepare for this day the way people on TV prepare for the end of the world. They gather canned goods they will never eat while I stockpile recipes I cannot replicate…I regret the tastes I’ve forgotten, the meals I have inhaled without a thought.

But who was I to imagine this man being from anywhere, based…

But who was I to imagine this man being from anywhere, based on his name alone? At a place of arrivals and departures, it sank into me that the currency of our names is a stroke of luck: because mine was not an easy name, it forced me to consider how language would rule me if I allowed it. Yet I discovered that only by leaving. My stepfather must live in the Valley, a place that does not allow that choice, every day. And Eugenio Reyes — I do not know if he was coming or going.