ENGL 210-4
Spring 2009
Instructor: Lily Rabinoff-Goldman

Response to a Literary Event

1.	Attend a poetry or fiction reading at UMB or your local bookstore or watering hole.  Take notes on what the writer reads and some general responses that you have.
2.	Write a 1-2 page reflection on the reading.  Some questions you may want to consider are:  
-	How was the experience of hearing a writer read from her work different than reading it yourself?  (This is especially pertinent if it is a writer you are familiar with)
-	What stood out to you about the reading?  What was good about it?  What were your favorite and least favorite parts and why?
-	As a writer, what can you take away from this event?
3.	Please, please, please edit and proofread.  This is considered a critical response paper and will receive a letter grade.

1-2 pages
Due no later than 4/16