PVAMU Kevin Powell Masterclass: Library Resources and Research : Kevin Powell Masterclass: Assignments Due February 2023

Reading List from Mr. Powell: 

1. The New York Times (Sunday edition focus) (PV free database)
2. Strunk and White’s THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE (to be purchased by Dr. Thomas-Smith for students, then distributed via Dr. Shaheen's office) 

Students are also being required to look up for themselves and read/listen to/watch between now and the February 2023 session the following:: 

  

3.POETRY (both read and listen to these poems) 

“Harlem” by Langston Hughes 

“Autobiography of a Nuyorican” by Sandra Maria Estevees 

 

4.FICTION 

“Recitatif” by Toni Morrison 

“Alma” by Junot Diaz 

 

5.ESSAYS/BLOGS 

“Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too” by Salma Hayek 

“Letter to My Nephew” by James Baldwin 

 

6.SONG LYRICS (both read and listen to these songs) 

“Blowin in The Wind” by Bob Dylan 

“Green Eyes” by Erykah Badu 

 

 

7.FILMS (watch these films) 

“Do The Right Thing’ by Spike Lee 

“I Like It Like That” by Darnell Martin 

 

 

8.PLAYS 

Read a monologue from “Hamlet” by Hamlet 

Read a monologue from “MacBeth” by Lady MacBeth 

Read the first 20 pages of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” (get copies to be placed "on reserve")

Read the first  20 pages of August Wilson’s “Fences” (get copies to be placed "on reserve")

 

9. BOOK TO READ OVER HOLIDAY BREAK 

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin  (get copies to be placed   "on reserve" in library)