Now that you understand Why I Write, How I Write, and have seen examples of my writing from my first English course until now, you should explore all of my writing from every course. It points to the progress I have made as a writer and as a person because my writing always is a reflection of my life because that’s all I know! Here, you will find short stories, poems, academic writing, imitations from some of my favorite authors, and anecdotes about my life. The theme you will notice in my writing is that I always manage to add something personal to any type of essay, that is because my life is all I know, so it’s all I write about it. More than anything, because writing is my choice and I write about my life, this portfolio will continue to expand and change as I grow. That is why the theme, “What I know…” is open-ended because this portfolio displays what I know to this point…please enjoy…
English 125 (Summer 2009)
English 225 (Winter 2010)
That’s why i called you bitch (1)
What makes me Black[2] Proposal
long propsal [4]
center piece (rough draft) [6]
MY DEFINITION OF BEING BLACK (argument draft for final paper) [7]
PREDOMINANTLYY WHITE COLLEGES ARE BETTER (Argument)[7]
Top ten list of people that aren’t Black enough (argument final paper) [8]
English 223 (Fall 2010)
Portfolio 1: Make it Like Poetry Intro
Poem 4: Black Women Look at yourselves
Author’s Note: Black Women Look at Yourselves
Author’s Note: We see the afterlife
Portfolio 2: Fiction
Listening Assignment: The Age of Innocence
Imitation Assignment: Imitation of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried
English 298 (Fall 2010)
English 297 (Winter 2011)
English 471 (Winter 2011)
English 398 (Winter 2012)
Essay 4: The Matter of Whitness
English 470 (Winter 2012)
Final Paper: Taking on the Christian Idenity, From Africa to America
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