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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Introduction
Marcus Christian, “I Am New Orleans”*
[for reference: Walt Whitman, “I Hear America Singing” and “I Sing the Body Electric”]
[for reference: Carl Sandburg, “Chicago”]
[for reference: Allen Ginsberg, “America” and “Howl”]
Tom Dent, “Marcus B. Christian: A Reminiscence and An Appreciation”*
Louis Armstrong, “West End Blues” (1928)
NPR on “West End Blues”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Unfathomable City, Chapter 1: “A City in Time”*
Unfathomable City, Chapter 3: “People Who”*
Louis Armstrong, “St. James Infirmary” (1928)
Robert R. Hardwood on the history of “St. James Infirmary”
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Jelly Roll Morton, “Black Bottom Stomp” (1926)
“Black Bottom Stomp” at the Library of Congress
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Unfathomable City, Chapter 4: “Moves, Remains”*
Louis Armstrong, “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue” (1929)
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man: Prologue
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
Professor Longhair, “Big Chief” (1964)
“Big Chief Pt. 2” at Ten Records
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
Professor Longhair, “Tipitina” (1953)
1974 performance with The Meters
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (film)
Unfathomable City, Chapter 11: “Hot & Steamy”*
Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans” (1947)
Louis Armstrong, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans” (1946)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
Oral presentations: Emily, Sarah, MJ
Dixie Cups, “Iko Iko” (1965)
Dr. John, “Iko Iko”
“Iko Iko” on The Tonight Show (2016)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
Oral presentations: Elizabeth, Jay, Eiizjarae
Sister Gertrude Morgan, “Let Us Make A Record” (1970)
King Britt, “Let’s Make A Record” (2004)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12
CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS
7:30 p.m. FAC 1948 Theater
Screening and Q&A with director Jason Berry and co-producer Simonette Berry
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14
Unfathomable City, Chapter 7: “Of Levees and Prisons”*
Fats Domino, “Ain’t The A Shame” (1955)
NPR on “Ain’t That A Shame”
Oral presentations: Elisabeth, Laura, Cynthia, Rachel
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
Oral presentations: Jean, Sydney, Lauria
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
Oral presentations: Larkspur, Kc, Maddie, Kylie
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26
Natasha Trethewey, Bellocq’s Ophelia
E.J. Bellocq’s Portraits*
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
Natasha Trethewey, Bellocq’s Ophelia
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
When the Levees Broke (documentary film)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
When the Levees Broke (documentary film)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Treme (television series)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Treme (television series)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Workshop projects: MJ, Lauria, Kylie
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Workshop projects: Maddie, Jean, Sydney
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
Workshop projects: Jay, Eiizjarae, Emily, Jean
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
Workshop projects: Elisabeth, Sarah, Laura, Larkspur
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Elizabeth, Kc, Rachel, Cynthia
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
NO CLASS
ALL WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 5 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15