Welcome to the Blog (And Some Important Reminders)

Welcome to the official weblog for our semester-long elective on Asian American LIterature. Over the course of the semester, we'll use this site to respond to various class readings, as well as online articles and media that I'll direct you to. Add this page to your Bookmarks or Favorites, as you'll be checking it at least once a week.

The blog will be an extension of our class discussions so you should treat each other with the same respect you would in class. Remember that this site is part of the world wide web and, as such, will be accessible to anyone who happens to stumble upon it--your mother, my 13 year old sister, or a Berkeley professor of Asian American Studies. Have this in mind as you consider the language you use and how you address your classmates. Keep it clean, of course, but also try to maintain a level of thoughtfulness and intellectual rigor. The idea here isn't to show off who is the best writer, but to work together to arrive at a deeper understanding.

If you've yet to sign up for a Blogger account, you'll need to do so in order to post on this site. Your username should be something you'll easily remember (maybe just your name or your email address), since you'll need to use it to log in each time you post on the site. Pick a display name that makes it clear who you are. If Kylee is making a point, it's important that everyone else know that it's Kylee who's making it. Your AOL screen name might be CuTiePiE16, but that's not going to be particularly useful for this blog.