| LEC # | REQUIRED TEXTS |
|---|---|
| 2 | Rowlandson, Mary. A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Kessinger Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781161444421. |
| 3 | Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography. General Press, 2011. ISBN: 9788190276689. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 4-5 | Douglass, Frederick. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. ISBN: 9781492398868. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 6 | Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Dover Publications, 2001. ISBN: 9780486419312. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 7 | Twain, Mark. Roughing It. Penguin Classics, 1981. ISBN: 9780140390100. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 9–12 | Wolff, Tobias. This Boy's Life: A Memoir. Avalon Grove Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780802136688. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 12–14 | Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Penguin Books, 2003. ISBN: 9780141014081. |
| 15–17 | Alexie, Sherman. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780802141675. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 18–20 | Lim, Shirley Geok-lin. Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands. The Feminist Press, 1997. ISBN: 9781558611795. |
| 21–23 | Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Vintage, 2008. ISBN: 9781400034307. |
| 24–25 | Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Mariner Books, 2007. ISBN: 9780618871711. [Preview with Google Books] |
Recommended Readings
"Edwidge Danticat Topics Page." New York Times, accessed March 4, 2014.
Walcott-Hackshaw, Elizabeth. "Home Is Where the Heart Is: Danticat's Landscapes of Return." Small Axe 12, no. 3 (2008): 71–82.