Hello All, There will be an optional zoom meeting this Saturday April 11th from 10:30am until 11:30am. I will remain until 12:40pm if enough people wish to do so. Please remember I am available to answer questions or meet with you individually by appointment if you email me at ybrener@bmcc.cuny.edu or text me at 917-650-0515. In this April 11th section, we will look at the drafts of your thesis statements or free writing in response to the Documented Paper Assignment. I will ask you to share which of the suggested readings you have looked at for this assignment. We will …

Hello All, Thank you for a great class today. Although next Saturday April 11th is officially Spring Break, I will hold an optional Zoom class session from 10:30 am until 11:30 am.  Please do the following three things before April 11th: 1. Please write a thesis statement and/or free write 1-3 paragraphs in response to the Documented Paper Assignment. 2. Please write a response (1-3 paragraphs) in response to one of the questions on the Pollan Worksheet. 3. Please write a response (1-3 paragraphs) in response to one of the questions on the Foster-Wallace Worksheet. Please email me these three things by April 11th at 9:30 am …

Hello All, This is a friendly reminder that we are meeting tomorrow in the Virtual Classroom. We will have our guest speaker, author, Steven Van Patten from 11 am until 11:30 am. Please bring questions. Our class will run from 10: 30 am until 12 midday, and I will be here earlier and later, in case anyone wants to ask any specific questions. Please remember the final draft of your Synthesis Assignment is due on Blackboard by 11:59pm April 4th.  Also, please send me your numbered summary of the Pollan or Foster-Wallace piece before 9:30 am on April 4th. This will help us understand the assigned readings better so that we …

I’m delighted to announce our guest speaker for Saturday’s class will be Steven Van Patten, author of the critically acclaimed Brookwater’s Curse trilogy, and the Killer Genius series. Along with a plethora of other honors and accolades, SVP won three African-African-American Literary Awards, two for Hell At The Way Station (Best Anthology and Best In Science Fiction) and one for Best Independent Publisher of 2019. You can find out more about Steven Van Patten’s work at Laughing Black Vampire Productions. Please bring your questions and comments to class. SVP will be with us from 11am until 11:30am. Our Virtual Classroom …

Hello All, This is just a friendly reminder that we will not have an official meeting or anything due today, because of the Recalibration Period. I will, however, be available for Virtual Office Hours in the Virtual Classroom  or at 917-650-0515 between 9 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. If you wish to speak with me please email me at ybrener@bmcc.cuny.edu, or send a text at least a few minutes before the time you would like to speak with me. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Please enjoy these few days of Recalibration until April 1st.

Hello All, If you don’t have a personal laptop or computer at home, laptops will be available to you starting next week. If you need this equipment, please contact studentaffairs@bmcc.cuny.edu. If you need Office 365, you can  go to https://login.microsoftonline.com/ and sign in using your BMCC student email.

Hello All, Due to the Recalibration Period between March 27th and April 1st, our next meeting in the Virtual Classroom will be Saturday April 4th. Our guest speaker will join us April 4th at 11am.  This also means the final draft of your Synthesis Assignment will be due April 4th at 11:59 p.m. I will still be available for Office Hours on Saturday March 28th between 9 a.m. and 12:40 p.m., and I will make the session open for an optional class meeting between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. I will post updates during the week. If you have any …

Hello All, Thank you for coming to today’s (shorter than usual) meeting. Remember I am still available to meet for Office Hours. Please submit your Synthesis Assignment drafts by tonight at 11:59pm. I will respond to each student individually. The final draft of the Synthesis Assignment is due next Saturday March 28th by 11:59pm. If you want to take the assignment in a different direction and use different sources, just check in with me first. Also, I will be sending each student a short section from one of the final exam readings to summarize. These will be due at next week’s class, which will run from 10am to …

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Hello All, Today we will meet in the Virtual Classroom. (If there are any issues, this is our alternate Virtual Classroom.) I will run group activities from 9am-11am today. From 11am-12:40pm, you can either take independent study, or stay on to talk with me. Today’s session is fairly informal, so if you need to come and go, that is fine. We’ll discuss how to make this work most efficiently moving on. We’ll be talking about the Synthesis Assignment. Thank you to those of you who have sent me your drafts. I’d like to take any questions you have about our remaining assignments. I have …