Story volunteers for Aug. 31

Correct me, please, if I wrote these down wrong.

• Haley Herfurth, "Tower of Babylon"
• Jerilyn Griffin, "Understand"
• Mary Grace Cassity, "Division by Zero"
• Julia Gardial, "Story of Your Life"
• Sean Gillooly, "Seventy-Two Letters"

If you had a hand up and I missed you, don't worry.  You'll all get your chance soon enough.

As I said in class, each volunteer simply will start us talking about the story: what you found interesting or confusing or unexpected or problematic or marvelous, and what questions you have for your classmates about it.

Any context you might be able to share would be helpful, too, especially if you have some expertise or personal experience in the stuff being written about.  Material from your other classes is welcome. 

Note also that a number of interviews with Ted Chiang are linked from the right-hand column of this blog.  Those would good to mine for insights.

You also can start blogging your reactions to these stories at any time.  You needn't wait for Wednesday's class, and you needn't be one of those volunteers listed above to wade in on any of these points.