Well, it looks as if UC's administration came to its senses in regards to the weather, and though it's a hassle to have to shift our schedule a bit, it's likely for the best — no one needs to get hurt for the sake of a class!
So here's how we'll proceed: in terms of readings, we'll bump Neal Cassady's The First Third forward one class to Tuesday, then aim to cover most of Jack Kerouac's novella, The Subterraneans, next Thursday (you should read the entire book for Thursday, and we'll have both of our presentations on the same day). We'll carry over that conversation into the start of the following week's first class on Kerouac's Mexico City Blues, along with two student presentations on poems from the latter, and we'll wrap Kerouac up at the end of the week.
In terms of the film screenings, I haven't received definitive word from the English Dept. yet, but I've tentatively scheduled The Source (the film the pedagogical/weather gods don't want you to see) for next Tuesday from 5-7 PM, and we'll aim to watch What Happened to Kerouac? the following Tuesday at the same time. Looking ahead, we can watch The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg during our two weeks on the poet, and Howard Brookner's Burroughs the Movie during Week 8. It's a longshot, but I might also try getting in touch with Gustave Reininger, director and producer of Corso: the Last Beat — a documentary that's shown at a few festivals and special events (including a Corso exhibition here at UC two years ago) that's yet to find a distributor — to see if he'd lend us a copy to view.
Here's the revamped schedule once more:
- Tuesday, Jan. 25: Neal Cassady, The First Third // presentation by Jenna Chiavacci
- Thursday, Jan. 27: Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans // presentations by Hannah Moore & Hannah Henschel
Week 5
- Tuesday, Feb. 1: Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans (carry over) / Mexico City Blues, day 1 // presentations by Taylor Panning & Sarah Gullion
- Thursday, Feb. 3: Mexico City Blues, day 2 // (no one signed up to present)
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