ENC 101 1008 & 1010 Essay Four

Hi! You'll find the assignment sheet at this address. Remember that the David Foster Wallace link is not working: you'll find a shorter version of the same piece here.

You can always reach me at marti575@unlv.nevada.edu -- I'm looking forward to your essays.

Best,

Juan

The Vegas Walk, Part 2

The second half of the walk across Vegas is up at City Life! Photos are here. I'll be updating the map soon.

Getty Event Write-Ups

Two nice write-ups of the Getty event: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/selected-shorts-celebrates-the-written-and-spoken-word/ and http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/03/selected-shorts-at-the-getty-starring-tim-curry.html


Nate Corddry did an awesome job reading the piece, which was written years ago as a lark in the dead hours when I managed a computer lab. Had I known, back then, that someone was going to have to perform the thing, I may have removed the bit about singing portions of Don Quixote in Spanish or maybe even the thing about talking in a fake foreign accent, which is pretty much the whole piece. Corddry totally sang, though! And he did so beautifully. And he was way funny. So maybe it's just as well I didn't know.

I Tell Your Feet What to Live In

In this month's Desert Companion, I tell you what sneakers to wear. Please note: This is a hiking issue! Do not miss the hikes, but wear hiking shoes. Do not wear the things I'm telling you to wear if you are planning on actually going around the Nevada wilderness (particularly the Nike Woodside, which though beautiful is from all accounts almost comically nonfunctional). The story is here and also embedded below and in the actual print issue found in all sorts of places. Read! Hike! Wear good-looking shoes! But don't do all three at the same time!

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

Walking Vegas, Part 2

Headin off soon to Hualapai & Charleston for the second leg of walking through Vegas! I'll be posting photos on Facebook and on Flickr. I'll be Tweeing, too! 

(See the article for the first leg here. See also map embedded below: I'll be updating it soon.)

View The Vegas Pedestrian in a larger map