When you read, do you ever tap your foot? Does music ever spark an idea in your head? Can you come up with a song or an artist that blends music and literature? Joyce Carol Oates wrote one of her most enduring works of short fiction after hearing Bob Dylan on the radio.

 In English 009, we are reading Girl, Interrupted and researching mental illness. 

Right now I’m working on an assignment that will call on my students’ musical knowledge.  We are going to create a soundtrack for our reading.  We will match our music with our literature.  For Susanna Kaysen’s borderline personality disorder, I’m thinking Kurt Cobain, Maria Callas…  Below I share two sample posts