... two rows of houses shrouded in grimy washing, he hastens towards the freeway. He turns the radio volume up and speakers inundate us with tunes from... ...d handkerchiefs, doffing synthetic shirts imbrued with perspiration. Someone turned on the radio and off again. Others pressed frayed rags against ... ... stair, an outsized embryo with jet black hair and eagled nose. His nostrils quivered. The radio reported his passing and lengthy obituaries adorned... ... friends and recounted some futile anecdotes. The ceremony held by the municipality in the Writers Hall was open to the public. I said to Nomi: "... ...e" – Dani is soft-spoken even when his words are not. That evening, Nomi and I went to the Writers' Hall. A woman with anorectic eyes compared our ... ...ary Club Award for Social Studies (1976), and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the American Embassy in Israel (1978). Hundreds of professio...

...world's biggest dummy. Sang Huin gave his typical defense of "Miguk sarem" ("American") which would bring on a confused and critical look--in this cas... ...rica, and so existing as a Korean only by birth and race definitely made him American in every way but a legal one. Most persons under such a scenario... ...ere two sides of the same coin. He loved his mother and she was alone on the American continent as he was in Asia. They were indeed alone in the world... ...opoly games with his father; tire swings and neighbor's tree houses; bicycle radios fastened to handlebars; selling snow cones to passing cars; bicycl... ... in the streets. Humiliated, she sent him to the bedroom of the trailer. The radio on the mantle of the bed was playing "Raindrops keep falling on my... ...oom that his cello was in one corner and he, a laptop computer, a short wave radio, and his stack of clothes were at the other end. When he arrived th... ...to interpolate such ideas, he told himself, he would be like all those other writers who took pride in writing their salacious pieces. From the point...

...This work is about a Korean American teaching in his homeland, feeling lost in Korean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single ...

..., during the academic year of 2002-03, and the essays appear here with the writers’ express written permission. No portion of Best of Freshman Writing... ...ove this song,” the driver exclaimed as he turned the volume up loud. The radio screamed in the car as the car screamed down the road. “Hey, Josh, I’... ...y would do if they could spend time in our neigh- borhood. Other English 4 writers whose work faculty deemed worthy of serious consideration: Randy Ge... ...han I do an ICP album. However, I see they are both good. Other English 15 writers whose work faculty deemed worthy of serious consideration: Matt Mel... ...mach drops and my eyes uncontrollably flood with tears as a round African- American nurse pronounces her time of death, “4:32 a.m.,” and it is over; s... ...reen bottle. Further along this sidewalk, I watch curiously as an African- American woman nurses her infant, pacing circles in front of her doorway. A... ...artles us just as much as had the unexpected noise. He is an older African-American man. His grayish-white, prickly beard adds a sharp contrast to the... ...occurred at Indian Point in the beginning of 2000 caused 20,000 gallons of radioactive water to spill into the containment building and also released ... ...r to spill into the containment building and also released a great deal of radioactive steam into the air (“His- tory and Safety” 3). After this probl...

... more likely stemmed from his encounters with sailors who had touched the American continent. In his revealing COD: A Biography of the Fish that ... ...fisherman kept secret their profitable catches of cod on regular trips to American waters. Mongols fostered exchange of ideas and inventions The ... ...its strength in a righteous fight. By Anonymous, from MacKellar’s “The American Printer” 1887 1... ...up every 21 When a BBC radio show asked listeners to choose ―the British Person of the Millennium,... ...inions about religion. She introduced the king to the books of Protestant writers, such as William Tyndale, and tried to persuade him to let Bibles b... ...graph 1879  Lightbulb 1880  Electricity distribution 1906–1919  Radio 1920s  Television 1930s (or sooner)  Punch cards to input and e... ...k then evolved into the Internet we know today that connects ground-based, radio, and satellite networks. In 1974, Vint Cerf (―father of the Inter...

...‘t be surprised when young Germans tortured and killed for Hitler, when young Chinese and Cambodians killed for Mao or Pol Pot, or even young Americ... ... in the vitamin D producing sun, could add the A and D to their skim milk. They don‘t, but are finally thinking about it—sixty years after the Americ... ...ental side, wartime British Prime Minister, historian and author Winston Churchill had a father who wrote of him ‗I have an idiot for a son.‘ Americ... ...ion in literature and to popular songs and other media. Psychologists have recently separated the real roots of love from the images romantic writer... ...at person has done. Not all mothers exhibit this type of mother love. Many fathers exhibit this unconditional love. Some years ago there was a radio ... ...l violence is frowned on throughout our society. And we keep out of our media the Hollywood emphasis on violence for entertainment. Our media writer...

...specially by the teenagers who find joy in murder. This also puts blame on American society because we are the ones who promote these types of movies ... ...we change our own lives. We don’t have to go to the theater or turn on the radio to hear about violence. All we have to do is tune into the news or pi... ...hem is reality. But more and more, the violence in the theaters and on the radio, is turning into that reality. We might be lucky enough not VIOLENCE ... ...rt hand method, and the “and that” words might have been left out. Student writers must be aware that spoken language and written language, especially... ...qually important to read in order to understand how to convey information. Writers need to read in order to learn how to write. As writers we need to ... ...ad in order to learn how to write. As writers we need to examine how other writers, successful writers, achieve their success. Even when we do not par...