From Olivia: Stuff

All English 102 students:

1. Because of repeated difficulties getting our Library materials in order, I will now post all PDFs on Blackboard. Whenever you see an RN assignment that instructs you to use the E-Res section of the Library, go instead to Blackboard and look for the correctly numbered/labeled piece. Please note, also, that some readings will STILL be accessed via the Library, but those take the form of searching specific databases.

2. On Monday and Wednesday, depending on your class meeting time, we'll be having a guest speaker, Ursula Bielski. She is also the author of the texts you'll be reading for RN5. Please consider what kind of questions you might like to ask her.


Let's continue the lovely work of collecting strange items and ideas for our Cabinet of Curiosities.

Michael Pollan

http://www.michaelpollan.com/

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1955590,00.html

http://pollan.blogs.nytimes.com/

http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtml/Michael_Pollan?fwd=1&src=abop&qpvt=michael+pollan&q=michael+pollan

Michael Pollen’s Botany of Desire

• http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botany_of_Desire
• http://kottke.org/09/10/the-botany-of-desire-documentary
• http://www.michaelpollan.com/

Michael Pollan

http://www.michaelpollan.com/
http://www.michaelpollan.com/press.php?id=17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botany_of_Desire
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Science/Biology/Michael-Pollan-Gives-a-PlantsEye-View/30901

Michael Pollan's Works

http://books.google.com/books?id=0qBYDphA1CoC&pg=PA190&dq=Michael+pollan+works&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Michael%20pollan%20works&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=VTMiWFA_5NEC&pg=PA267&dq=Michael+pollan+works&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Michael%20pollan%20works&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=3zUqfDxvl48C&pg=PA195&dq=Michael+pollan+works&cd=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=kO4fAQAAIAAJ&q=Michael+pollan+works&dq=Michael+pollan+works&cd=10

Michael Pollan's Life & Work

www.michaelpollan.com/about.php

www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/television/25jens.html?_r=1

www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-pollan/food-rules-a-completely-d_b_410173.html

Michael Pollan in the Media

www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=26925


http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/eat-like-michael-pollan.html


http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/fresh-greens/2009/10/29/michael-pollans-prius-hummer-blunder.html



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11food-rules-t.html?_r=1

Michael Pollan: A Contributing Writer

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/03/23/michael-pollan-reconciles-nature-and-culture-food-reform

http://thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2010-01-20_food_author_michael_pollan_speaks_about_new_book

http://www.bioneers.org/presenters/michael-pollan

Michael Pollan

1.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

2.) http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

3.) http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

4.) http://www.michaelpollan.com/

Reliable Information/ The Best Information

Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

www.michaelpollan.com/press.php?id=18

http://www.michaelpollan.com/

www.takepart.com/news/2009/10/19/michaels-pollan-botany-of-desire-on-pbs/

www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-garden/2009/11/botany-of-desires-left-me-wanting-more.html

Michael Pollan's Life and Achievements

1) http://www.michaelpollan.com/

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

3) http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

4) http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

"Our world is nature"

1. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=8&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=45505772

2. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=13&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=36636779

3. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=18&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=29817216

4. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=19&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=33991695

"Our world is nature"

1. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=8&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=45505772

2. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=13&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=36636779

3. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=18&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=29817216

4. http://web.ebscohost.com.rwlib.neiu.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=19&hid=4&sid=29b2645d-2f44-498f-843e-236cf7427917%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=33991695

Michael Pollan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6832431.html

http://www.bioneers.org/presenters/michael-pollan

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/227618/may-13-2009/michael-pollan

http://michaelpollan.com/

http://www.supereco.com/person/michael-pollan/

Michael Pollan

http://www.michaelpollan.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/michael_polan/index.html

Michael Pollan and The Environment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html

http://poptech.org/michaelpollan

The Work and Life of Michael Pollan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/television/25jens.html?_r=1

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

http://michaelpollan.com/

Michael Pollan: Personal Life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan

http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=644

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

http://motherjones.com/interview/2009/02/michael-pollan-fixes-dinner

Michael Pollan

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/make-your-life-blessing/200912/psychological-nourishment-michael-pollan-and-the-soul

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-166308902.html

www.lib.berkeley.edu/give/fiatlux/fiatlux7.pdf

www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-15184656.html

Michael Pollan's Cabinet of Curiosities

http://michaelpollan.com/

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/pollan/

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060411_michael_pollan_interview/

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/profile.html

Information on Pollan's Work

1) www.ted.com/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view.html

2) http://www.thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2010-01-20_food_author_michael_pollan_speaks_about_new_book

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-t-7lTw6mA

4) http://historyphilosophybooks.suite101.com/article.cfm/review_the_secret_life_of_plants

INFORMATION ON MICHAEL POLLAN Amaris Gomez

• http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Michael+Pollan+&search_type=&aq=f
  
• http://www.michaelpollan.com/about.php
  
• http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=178&o=0&l=dir&dm=all&q=michael%20pollan%20biography
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan
  

Michael Pollan: An Extraordinary Writer

http://www.michaelpollan.com

http://www.powells.com/biblio/0375760393

http://search.barnsandnoble.com/A-Place-of-My-Own/Michael-Pollan/e/9780143114741

http://www.michaelpollan.com/about.php

By Farheen Mashhood

Michael Pollan and Nature

Michael Pollan and Nature
http://www.mnn.com/food/farms-gardens/videos/michael-pollan-get-animals-back-on-farms

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/03/23/michael-pollan-reconciles-nature-and-culture-food-reform

http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/make-your-life-blessing/200912/psychological-nourishment-michael-pollan-and-the-soul

By: Erica Lowe

Pollan's Work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBr_i1mH_08

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?_r=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22wwlnlede.t.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeCra-sn0dI&feature=channel

Pollan's Life

• http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/michael_pollan/index.html?offset=10&s=newest

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan
• http://www.michaelpollan.com/
• http://michaelpollan.com/pollan_presskit.pdf

Reminders from Olivia

1. The text for RN2 CANNOT be accessed using the E-Res of the Library; there is a problem. Instead, you can access the five small PDFs of excerpts on Blackboard or over your NEIU e-mail.

2. The Research Task for RN2 requires that you post your findings on this blog. Here are directions for posting:

First of all, you should have already created and sent me a gmail login. I have responded to every message that I received, which means that you should have gotten an invitation (sent to your gmail). Just follow the link.

When you arrive at this site, look in the righthand corner for a link that says "Sign in." Do that. Use the login and password you created for gmail.

Signing in should lead you to a "Dashboard." Once there, you should see our blog: Writing as History. Under our blog name are several options. Choose "New Post."

*Very important: don't choose "Create a Blog" in the corner; if you do that, you'll create your own site, and you won't be writing on our site at all.

After you've clicked on "New Post," you'll arrive at a screen that looks a little like an e-mail screen. There's a title box and a message box. Just fill these in, and make sure you sign your name.

Choose "Publish Post" to make it appear on our blog.

From Olivia

Here are the links for RN1

Wikipedia
This American Life episode (Under the picture of the clock, choose "Full Episode.")

Homework for Wednesday's 2:25 class

Read this book review

and look at the accompanying images

Come to Wednesday’s class with brief notes: 1) What is the purpose of the book review? 2) What is the thesis of the book review? 3) Based on the information you got from the reviewer and the images you examined, what would you guess would be one possible thesis of the book? 3) What’s your favorite image? 4) To what can you compare this topic/project/book/set of images? 4) Skim the RN questions to think about how you’d answer them for this particular text

AND Bring Taylor book

Homework for Wednesday's 1 p.m. class

Read this book review
and look at the accompanying images

Come to Wednesday’s class with brief notes: 1) What is the purpose of the book review? 2) What is the thesis of the book review? 3) Based on the information you got from the reviewer and the images you examined, what would you guess would be one possible thesis of the book? 3) What’s your favorite image? 4) To what can you compare this topic/project/book/set of images?

Getting Ready

Welcome new English 102 students!

You'll be using this site to get links, access copies of some course materials, and to write casually (though clearly, please). You will need to get a gmail account (it's easy; go here) and e-mail me your gmail address. Then, I will make you an author on this site.

You'll notice that there are old postings here, from the past year of English 102; the blog used to be called "Writing as History," but we're in a new era now--and you are taste-testing and piloting the new 102. Feel free, though, to browse old writings.

-Olivia
ocronk@neiu.edu