Ode on a Grecian URL

Over the next week, I will be transitioning this blog from Fall 2005 to Fall 2006. You will notice that the course syllabus has changed significantly -- in 2005, Prof. Ortiz-Robles's syllabus included poetry, several essays and a play in addition to two novels; the new syllabus is exclusively novels, and some of the best novels ever written in English at that.

This is not to say that the five months of archived entries from 2005 are useless for a student in 2006: there are several posts down there that outline how to write a successful hebdomadal (a short essay). There is a gold mine of examples in the archives as well: below you will find essays, long and short, take-home and in-class, that earned strong A's.

I am thrilled to get this semester underway! I can't wait to meet you all in the next few weeks. Until then, if you have any questions feel free to email me at mashapiro at gmail dot com.