While you do not have a post due over the weekend, I would like you to begin thinking about and writing Response Paper #1. Specifically, I would like you to develop a *rough* thesis statement over the weekend.

Please bring your rough thesis statement to class on Tuesday. This may be neatly hand-written on a clean sheet of paper, or it may be typed out. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HARD COPY OF YOUR THESIS!

Again, this can be ROUGH. No need to produce something anywhere near perfect. We will spend some time on Tuesday reading each other’s theses and offering feedback.

If you want assistance over the weekend, please feel free to email me, and I will be happy to offer advice and feedback. In addition, you can see me in my office before class on Tuesday to chat about your thesis/paper.

Below is the handout we went over in class.

Take a look at some of the supplemental material below concerning the delightfully strange–and certainly formidable!–CA Conrad.

ESSAY by Conrad: “The Queer Voice: Reparative Poetry Rituals & Glitter Perversions“

Writing Prompts: CA Conrad’s (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises

Interview: The Rumpus Interviews CA Conrad

Below is the prompt for your first response paper, along with several other handouts from class.