Due Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:59 pm.
15 pts.
Read one of the memoirs listed below that are by and about disability, and write a book report that does the following:
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Presents a concise summary and overview of the memoir topic. What is it about? Who wrote it? This includes a relevant description of the topic as well as its overall perspective, argument, or purpose.
Offers a critical assessment of the memoir. This involves your reactions to the work under review: what strikes you as noteworthy, effective or persuasive, and to what extent has it enhanced your understanding of the broader topic?
Describes your own personal reaction to the book. Did you like it? What did you learn about disabilities in the present and the past? Would you recommend it to others?
Follows proper writing conventions. Is titled with the author, title, and publication information of the book. Perfect grammar and spelling; attention to detail; no mistakes.
Follows APA style, 4-5 double-spaced pages in 12 point font, 1” margins. Evidence that paper has been proofread for minor errors.
Paper is 4-5 double-spaced pages in 12 point font, with 1” margins
Read some of these good tips about how to write a book review: http://www.lavc.edu/library/bookreview.htm
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/704/01/ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-write-a-book-review/
MEMOIRS IN DISABILITY HISTORY
My Body Politic, by Simi Linton
Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller, by Georgina Kleege
Don’t Call me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back by Harilyn Rousso (note that she is coming to campus in Spring)
Living Waist High in the World, by Nancy Mairs
Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life, by Harriet McBryde Johnson
Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto
Poster Child: A Memoir, Emily Rapp
My Lobotomy, by Howard Dully
Poster Child: A Memoir, by Emily Rapp
Mapping Fate, by Alice Wexler
Riding the Bus with my Sister, by Rachel Simons
An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison
Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis, by Mary Felstiner
The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal, by Jonathan Mooney