Read and annotate the Prologue and Chapter 1 of The Craft of Research (pp. 3-15). Be prepared to discuss specifically the authors' understanding of research, the reasons for research, and the reasons for putting one's research in writing.
Also, read and annotate Eula Biss's "Notes from No Man's Land" (handout). Choose one of the options below to respond to this reading.
Creative: Write two paragraphs: The first should be about a book, movie, play, or some other cultural text you have experienced. The second should connect that cultural text to an experience that might seem unrelated to that cultural text.
Analytical: Write two paragraphs: The first should analyze Biss's narrative persona in this essay; the second should explain whether that narrative persona is helps advance the argument she makes in this essay.
