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sportyconnect · 10 months

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The Minnesota Vikings are a testament to the spirit of American football. With a history that spans over six decades, the Vikings have carved out a legacy that is both inspiring and formidable. This article will take you on a journey through the team's history, its notable players, and the impact it has had on the National Football League (NFL). The Birth of a Legacy The Minnesota Vikings entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1960, and they quickly made their presence felt. The team's early years were marked by a series of impressive performances, with the Vikings reaching the playoffs for the first time in 1968. This early success set the tone for the team's future, establishing the Vikings as a force to be reckoned with in the NFL. The team's success can be attributed to a combination of strategic planning, exceptional talent, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. The Vikings' draft strategy has been particularly effective, with the team consistently selecting players who have gone on to have successful careers in the NFL. You can learn more about the Vikings' draft picks here. The Purple People Eaters The late 1960s and 1970s were a golden era for the Vikings, thanks in large part to the "Purple People Eaters". This formidable defensive line, consisting of Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and Gary Larsen, was known for its aggressive and relentless style of play. Their performance on the field was a key factor in the Vikings' success during this period, with the team reaching the Super Bowl four times between 1969 and 1976. "We were a team that played with a lot of heart. We were a team that played together. And when you do that, you can accomplish great things." - Alan Page, member of the Purple People Eaters The legacy of the Purple People Eaters lives on today, with the Vikings consistently ranking among the best defensive teams in the NFL. The Modern Era In recent years, the Vikings have continued to build on their legacy of success. The team has made multiple playoff appearances and has continued to develop talented players who have made significant contributions to the NFL. The Vikings' commitment to excellence is evident in every aspect of their organization, from their player development programs to their community outreach initiatives. The Vikings' success on the field is matched by their impact off the field. The team is deeply committed to giving back to the community, with players and staff regularly participating in charity events and community service projects. This commitment to community engagement is a testament to the values that the Vikings organization embodies. In conclusion, the Minnesota Vikings are more than just a football team. They are a symbol of resilience, a beacon of community spirit, and a testament to the power of teamwork. As we look to the future, we can expect the Vikings to continue building on their legacy of success, both on and off the field. The Vikings' Hall of Famers The Minnesota Vikings' legacy is not just built on team success, but also on the individual brilliance of its players. Over the years, the Vikings have boasted some of the best players in NFL history, many of whom have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One such player is Fran Tarkenton, the Vikings' quarterback from 1961 to 1966 and 1972 to 1978. Tarkenton's dynamic playing style and ability to improvise on the field made him one of the most exciting players of his era. His contributions to the Vikings and the sport of football were recognized with his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1986. Another notable Viking in the Hall of Fame is Alan Page. A key member of the "Purple People Eaters", Page was known for his speed, strength, and intelligence on the field. He was the first defensive player to win the NFL's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, a testament to his impact on the game. "Football is a game of the heart. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but if you don't have the heart to use it, you don't have much.

" - Alan Page For a comprehensive list of the Vikings' Hall of Famers and their contributions to the team, click here. The Vikings Today Today, the Minnesota Vikings continue to be a competitive force in the NFL. The team's current roster is a mix of seasoned veterans and promising young talent, all working together to add to the Vikings' legacy of success. One of the standout players on the current team is Dalvin Cook. Since being drafted by the Vikings in 2017, Cook has established himself as one of the top running backs in the NFL. His combination of speed, power, and agility makes him a threat to any defense. The Vikings' commitment to excellence extends beyond the playing field. The team's state-of-the-art training facility, the TCO Performance Center, is a testament to this commitment. The facility provides players with the resources they need to perform at their best, including advanced training equipment, recovery facilities, and nutrition programs. Learn more about the Vikings' training regimen here. The Vikings' Impact on the Community The Minnesota Vikings' influence extends far beyond the football field. The team has a profound impact on the local community, contributing to various charitable causes and initiatives. The Vikings' commitment to giving back is a testament to the team's values and its dedication to making a positive difference in people's lives. The Vikings' community outreach efforts are wide-ranging and impactful. The team's players and staff regularly participate in charity events, volunteer work, and community service projects. These initiatives cover a broad spectrum of issues, from education and youth development to health and wellness. "We believe in the power of sport to bring people together and the Vikings are committed to creating events and programs that have a positive impact on our community." - Minnesota Vikings For more information on the Vikings' community outreach efforts, click here. The Future of the Vikings Looking ahead, the future of the Minnesota Vikings is bright. The team's commitment to excellence, both on and off the field, positions it for continued success. With a talented roster, a strong leadership team, and a passionate fan base, the Vikings are poised to add to their legacy in the years to come. The Vikings' future success will be driven by a combination of player development, strategic planning, and community engagement. The team's player development programs are designed to nurture talent and help players reach their full potential. The Vikings' strategic planning efforts ensure that the team is well-positioned to compete at the highest level. And the team's community engagement initiatives will continue to make a positive impact on the local community. In conclusion, the Minnesota Vikings are more than just a football team. They are a symbol of resilience, a beacon of community spirit, and a testament to the power of teamwork. As we look to the future, we can expect the Vikings to continue building on their legacy of success, both on and off the field. Stay tuned to SportyConnect for more in-depth coverage of the Minnesota Vikings and all your favorite sports teams. Whether you're a die-hard Vikings fan or just a sports enthusiast, SportyConnect is your go-to source for the latest news, updates, and insights on your favorite teams and athletes.

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Hall Of Fame coach, Cowboys nemesis, Grant Dies Former Minnesota Vikings coach, Bud Grant, passed away at the age of 95 on Saturday per the Vikings on Twitter. Grant was inducted into both the Pro Football and CFL Hall of Fames. He is most noted... #DallasCowboys

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danishmuseuminterns · 2 years

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It Takes a Village (And a Bunch of Norwegians)

By Anders Tornsø Jørgensen

One of my projects during my internship is conducting a series of interviews with a long line of people who have shaped and impacted the museum in different ways. These interviewers will be a part of the Museum of Danish America’s 40th anniversary next year. So, this week I travelled to Decorah, Iowa, to interview two former board members, while also returning an exhibition to the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.

After a drive of about five hours from Elk Horn, Iowa, I arrived in beautiful Decorah. The town of Decorah is located in the Driftless Area, which comprises northeastern Iowa, but also southwestern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. The region was never covered by ice during the last ice age, which have shaped its geologic characteristics: steep hillsides, narrow valleys, bluffs, and forested ridges. Also, when I visited, fall was arriving, which created beautiful shades of brown and orange in the trees.

Decorah made national news with the Decorah Bald Eagles website, where you could watch live streaming of a bald eagle nest. As such, spectators could see eagle parents feed their children, and protecting them from predators and harsh weather. The Decorah Eagles became an Internet phenomenon and was the most viewed live-stream of all time when the website reached 250 million views on Ustream in 2011, with roughly 2.4 million views per day.

Anyway, back to my trip. My first stop was at the Vesterheim Norweigan-American Museum, where I had a guided tour after I returned the items. My favorite exhibition was a dolls collection, which included a set of Barbie dolls with a Norwegian twist, but I also enjoyed the rosemaling displayed. Rosemaling (rose painting) is the decorative folk art of rural Norway that flourished in the 1700's and 1800's, but continues to survive in Decorah due to its folk art school where participants can take different art classes. Also, having worked with a lot of the Museum of Danish America’s history during my internship, it was quite interesting to experience Vesterheim, as many of our founders were inspired by this Norwegian gem in the corner of northeast Iowa.

In the 1850s Decorah became a center for Norwegian-American culture. A few years later, in 1861, Luther College, a Lutheran liberal arts institution, was established. In 1877, the Norwegian-American Historic Museum (later Vesterheim, meaning “western home” in Norwegian) was created, thereby solidifying the area’s Norwegian heritage – a heritage that still deeply impacts the town as evidenced by the annually Nordic Fest celebrated each July, but also by the various statues, businesses and sports teams associated with Viking culture. My favorite was a Viking with a pie, which I found quite cool.

After my visit to the wonderful Vesterheim museum, I went out to explore Decorah’s downtown area. I visited during Decorah Pride Festival, so most of the city was covered in lovely rainbow flags and a lot of interesting events was taking place.

Normally, June is the traditional month for LGBTQA+ Pride festivals, commemorating the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. However, in Decorah, it was rescheduled in order to ensure that Luther College Students were back on campus and could participate in the festivities.

This meant that I had a chance to enjoy my first drag show experience at a local arthouse. The performers were locals and Luther students, and they did a magnificent job. I enjoyed the music, the costumes, the makeup, but what truly made an impact was the self-confidence and how they embraced themselves, being their best version. I truly admire their inspiring might.

My driving around the Midwest has made me realize how much a significant majority of small-towns are struggling economically. However, the combination of energetic college students, dedicated citizens, and a vibrant and healthy Main Street business community has shown to be a great recipe for success in Decorah.

I also enjoyed a lot of hiking as the Driftless Area provides a lot of scenic beauty very close to Decorah. One of Iowa's best hidden treasures is Dunning’s Spring Park, which is home to a lovely 200-foot waterfall surrounded by trees and limestone cliffs. I also visited the nearby Ice Cave, which according to locals, gets its name from layers of ice that form every year in January and last through August. There was no ice when I visited, but it was still really cold. The cave was really captivating, and quite frankly, a bit spooky. I must have watched to many horror films, because I imagined some kind of troll living deep down in that cave. Anyway, some people say that Iowa is flat and only consist of cornfields, but they have been to hilly Decorah (or the Loess Hills of western Iowa for that matter).

I was hosted by wonderful friends of the museum, for whom I am very happy to have met. Their home was located in an area filled with historical homes, but also access to Phelps Park, another source of wonderful hikes. Walking around the neighborhood was wonderful and I felt like I was walking in a film set, and I loved the combination of picture-perfect small-town America mixed with Norwegian culture.

My interviews also went well. I met up with 89-year-old Jim, who took me on a walking tour of Luther College. Earlier in his life Jim served as president of our board. I must admit, that it simply astonishes me that Jim was born two months before Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term as president – yet Jim is as fresh and sharp with details as ever before. Also, Jim was influential in getting the campus listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which succeeded in 2021. It turned out that Jens Jensen, a renowned Danish-American landscape architect, did a full landscape plan for Luther College in 1911. With great passion, Jim expanded my knowledge of Jensen. Most of Jensen’s works were landscapes for people's homes, including Henry Ford, and city parks, the most famous examples can be found in Chicago. However, Luther College is the only college he did a landscape plan for.

Also, it is quite appropriate that the Museum of Danish America now has a look somewhat similar to Luther College in that Jensen's legacy is well represented by the relatively new parts of the Museum grounds which reflect his ideas in landscape architecture. The Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park, installed in 2012, is named after this Danish immigrant who ended up becoming one of America's most important landscape architects.

As Decorah is located close to the border of Wisconsin, I also ended up doing a day trip to Devil’s Lake State Park. My last trip to Wisconsin was back in the end of July, and America’s Dairyland really made an impact on me, so it was wonderful to get back.

Devil’s Lake State Park is the largest and busiest state park in Wisconsin and offer unmatched beauty with its super cool cliff and rock formations. Some of them truly looks out of this world with their clean, sharp edges. The park is also part of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which is a thousand-mile footpath that highlights glacial landscape features. Around 16 miles of this trail is located in Devil’s Lake State Park. However, be warned, the many quartzite rock formations can be quite slippery.

After hiking, I went to Sauk City to visit the original Culver’s, which opened in 1984. This Wisconsin icon has long been a favorite of mine, and it was a great way to end a great weekend with another milestone of my Midwestern pilgrimage.

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lboogie1906 · 2 years

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Otis Sistrunk (born September 18, 1946) is a former football player who played seven seasons as a defensive lineman, from 1972 to 1978. He played his entire NFL career with the Oakland Raiders. He became a professional wrestler in the NWA. He was born in Columbus, Georgia, and was one of the few NFL players of his day to not play college football, going directly from William H. Spencer High School in Columbus to the Marines. After leaving the military, the 21-year-old found work at a Milwaukee meat-packing plant and played two years of semi-pro football in the area for the West Allis Racers before joining the Norfolk Neptunes of the Continental Football League in 1969. He played three years for the Neptunes (the last two in the semi-pro Atlantic Coast Football League after the CPFL folded); in 1971, a Los Angeles Rams scout spotted him and believed he could play in the NFL. During team practice, he was observed by representatives of the Oakland Raiders, who brought him to their team in 1972. He was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1974. In 1976, playing under coach John Madden, he was part of the Raiders team that won Super Bowl XI against the Minnesota Vikings. He retired after the 1978 season, finishing his career with seven fumbles recovered and three interceptions in 98 games played. After leaving football, he spent two years as a beer salesman. He was then approached about working with the Army as a civilian employee. He spent twelve years working at Fort Benning. He now manages Cowan Memorial Stadium at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and helps with athletic training programs. He had a brief movie career, appearing as a short order cook in Car Wash (1976) and the role in Babyface (1977). His nephew Caesar Rayford, was a defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys. He is a distant cousin to former NFL player Manny Sistrunk. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CipXGTAu_Mr9T6ZwEs724pMjsx6hUvsssRFZ-00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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govikingsblog · 4 months

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Joe Kapp scores TD in 1st quarter of NFL Championship game against the Browns.. #87 is Tightend John Beasley.

#joe kapp #John Beasley #nfl championship #1969 minnesota vikings #minnesota vikings

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farooqshahzad · 2 years

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The History of the First Super Bowl

The History of the First Super Bowl The modern Super Bowl is the largest television event in the United States. The annual National Football League (NFL) championship game has drawn a minimum of 90 million viewers every year since 2005. Nine of the 10 most watched programs in television history and 30 of the top 32 most watched programs ever are Super Bowl games. In terms of Super Bowl success, no NFL teams have fared better than the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers. Both franchises have won the Super Bowl on six occasions. Pittsburgh’s first and most recent wins came in 1974 and 2008, respectively, while all six New England victories came under head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady between 2001 and 2018. Other top Super Bowl performers include the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, with five wins each, and the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, who have each won four Super Bowls. Despite the significance of the Super Bowl in the modern television landscape, the game was not always a staple of the NFL season. In fact, the first Super Bowl was not played until 1966, nearly 50 years after the formation of the league. The first NFL season took place in 1920, though the league operated as the American Professional Football Association for its first two years. During the league’s first season, 14 teams competed against one another, though no official schedule or standings were maintained. The Akron Pros finished the season undefeated, though the Decatur Staleys and Buffalo All-Americans, each with one loss and a tie against Akron, lobbied for co-championship status. The Pros were ultimately declared champions by the league. The NFL did not host its first championship game until 1933, when an estimated crowd of 25,000 watched the Chicago Bears edge out the New York Giants by a score of 23-21. Playing at home, Chicago scored a touchdown in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter to claim victory in the league’s first championship game. While the NFL’s popularity climbed over the decades, rival leagues posed varying degrees of opposition, most notably the American Football League (AFL). However, prior to the start of the 1966-1967 NFL season, the leagues announced a merger, establishing what would become the most successful professional sports league in the United States. For the first 4 years of the merger, the AFL and NFL maintained separate schedules, with plans to fully merge in 1970. Despite this fact, the merger was signaled by a new championship game: the Super Bowl. Super Bowl I was played between the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. In what would become a foundational tradition, the game was played before a neutral crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Nearly 62,000 fans watched as Green Bay drubbed Kansas City, which was held scoreless for three quarters on its way to a 35-10 defeat. Green Bay, and by extension the NFL, repeated as winners the following year, defeating the Oakland Raiders by a score of 33-14 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The 1969 Super Bowl was also held at the Orange Bowl, although the results were rather different. In what is still considered one of the greatest upsets in American sports, the 10-3 New York Jets defeated the 13-0 Baltimore Colts, 16-7. It was the first Super Bowl win for the AFL. Kansas City defended the AFL’s title the following year, defeating the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Super Bowl V, the first championship game to cap off a fully merged AFL-NFL schedule, involved the Baltimore Colts and Dallas Cowboys. The Colts, now playing in the American Football Conference, defeated the Dallas Cowboys (of the National Football Conference) 16-13, following a furious 10-0 comeback in the fourth quarter. via WordPress https://farooqshahzad.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/the-history-of-the-first-super-bowl/

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brookstonalmanac · 3 months

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Birthdays 2.3

Beer Birthdays

Julius Stroh (1856)

Henry Uihlein II (1896)

Peter Catizone (1959)

Chad Mosher (1961)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Isla Fisher; actor (1976)

Felix Mendelssohn; composer (1809)

Jean-Pierre Rampal; flutist (1922)

Norman Rockwell; artist (1894)

Gertrude Stein; writer (1874)

Famous Birthdays

Alvar Aalto; architect, furniture designed (1898)

Paul Auster; writer (1947)

Walter Bagehot; English economist (1826)

Shelley Berman; comedian, actor (1926)

Joey Bishop; comedian, actor (1918)

Elizabeth Blackwell; 1st female doctor (1821)

Victor Buono; actor (1938)

Robert Cecil; British PM (1830)

Blythe Danner; actor (1943)

Dave Davies; rock guitarist, "Kinks" (1947)

Warwick Davis; actor (1970)

Morgan Fairchild; actor (1950)

Gale Gillingham; Green Bay Packers G (1944)

Retief Goosen; golfer (1969)

Horace Greeley; writer (1811)

Bob Griese; Miami Dolphins QB (1945)

Henry Heimlich; doctor, invented Heimlich Maneuver (1920)

Nathan Lane; actor (1956)

Julie Meadows; porn actress (1974)

Melanie; pop singer (1947)

James A. Michener; writer (1907)

Elijah Pitts; Green Bay Packers RB (1938)

Fran Tarkenton; Minnesota Vikings QB (1940)

Maura Tierney; actor (1965)

Frankie Vaughn; singer (1928)

Simone Weil; French mystic (1909)

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A Redtail’s Feathursday

On this late-spring #Feathursday, we present some illustrations from the children’s novel Rufous Redtail by Helen Garrett (1895-1980) with illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969), published in New York by Viking Press in 1947. It is a coming-of-age story about a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) “from his first experience of a rainstorm to his mating with a beautiful young redtail,” appropriately named Beauty, “who likes Rufous as he is.”

Garrett is the author of at least 12 books for young people, yet we could find no biographical information about her. The story is a bit saccharine for our tastes (sorry Helen), but we love Jaques’s black and white illustrations. Largely self-taught, wildlife artist Francis Lee Jaques became a staff artist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for 25 years before returning to his native Minnesota to work at the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota. An active conservationist, he and his wife, author Florence Page, were involved in the conservation of Susie Island in Lake Superior, and the conservation area, now owned by the Nature Conservancy, was named The Francis Lee Jaques Memorial Preserve in his honor.

Red-tailed Hawks are year-round residents and a common sight here in southeastern Wisconsin, and it is not at all unusual to see their red tails sailing through the canopy of Downer Woods here on campus.

View our other posts featuring the work of Francis Lee Jaques.

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#Feathursday #Red-tailed Hawks #redtails #hawks #Francis Lee Jaques #Helen Garrett #Rufous Redtail #Viking Press #children's books #illustrated books #scientific illustration #Historical Curriculum Collection

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lovingnighttyphoon · 1 year

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage 1989 Minnesota Vikings 1969 NFL champion anniversary homer hanky.

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aletdownsquid · 4 years

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Comprehensive Exam Readings

My research “question”:

Many writers of U.S. fiction insert nonfiction documents into their narratives to critique how marginalized citizens are excluded from their rights to equal protection granted by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I’m interested in how African American authors and other writers of color have employed these strategies since the end of World War II; for example, the inclusion of real warrants for runaway slaves in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, or passages from U.S. treaties with Native American tribes featured in Watershed by Percival Everrett. In the essay, I will identify, historicize, and examine some of these conventions, and drawing upon Assemblage Theory and Third Space theory, explore how these subversions of the fiction genre might allow authors of color to highlight historical truths, erase some of the distance between literary and political realms, and possibly affect political change.

To be completed by September 2020. (note: Strikethrough is complete / Bold means I intend to cite them in my comprehensive exam)

U.S. Fiction (Post ‘45): Major List

Guiding Questions:

How do works of geopolitical American fiction since the end of WWII explore the ways in which American exceptionalism has subjugated people of color? Specifically, how do these works examine the ways American colonial rule define U.S.–indigenous relations; and how do these works continue to engage with race in America since the Civil Rights movement?

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Americanah. Anchor, 2014.

Akwaeke, Emezi. Freshwater. Grove, 2018.

Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Algonquin, 2010.

Aswany, Alaa Al. Chicago. Harper, 2008

Baldwin, James. Giovanni’s Room. Vintage, 2013.

Barthleme, Donald. “Concerning the Bodyguard,” Sixty Stories. Penguin, 2003.

Beatty, Paul. The White Boy Shuffle. Picador, 2001.

Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Random House, 2012.

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage, 1991.

Clemmons, Zinzi. What We Lose. Viking, 2017.

Currie Jr., Ron. God is Dead: Stories. Penguin, 2008.

Diaz, Junot. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Riverhead, 2006.

Egan, Jennifer. A Visit from the Goon Squad. Anchor, 2010.

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. Vintage, 1995.

Everett, Percival. Watershed. Beacon Press, 2003.

Gay, Roxane. Ayiti. Grove Press, 2018.

Gibson, William. Pattern Recognition. Berkley, 2005.

Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. Penguin, 1980.

Habila, Helon. Travelers. W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.

Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. Pantheon, 1990.

Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Harvest, 2008.

Herrera, Yuri. Signs Preceding the End of the World. And Other Stories, 2015.

James, Marlon. A Brief History of Seven Killings. Riverhead, 2015.

Jarrar, Randa. A Map of Home. Other Press, 2008.

Jen, Gish. Typical American. Harcourt, 2014.

Johnson, Adam. The Orphan Master’s Son. Random House, 2013.

Johnson, Mat. Pym. Spiegel & Grau, 2011.

Kaulfus, Ken. A Disorder Peculiar to the Country. Harper Perennial, 2006.

Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. Vintage, 1989.

Kushner, Rachel. The Strange Case of Rachel K. New Directions, 2016.

Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies: Stories. Mariner, 1999.

Lapcharoensap, Rattawut. Sightseeing: Stories. Grove Press, 2005.

Le Nam. The Boat: Stories. Vintage, 2009.

Lee, Chang-rae. Native Speaker. Riverhead Books, 1996.

Luiselli, Valeria. The Story of My Teeth. Coffee House Press, 2015.

Mathews, John Joseph. Sundown. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988.

Mbue, Imbolo. Behold the Dreamers. Random House, 2017.

Mengetsu, Dinaw. How to Read the Air. Riverhead, 2011.

Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2010.

Ng, Celeste. Everything I Never Told You. Penguin Books, 2015.

Nguyen, Viet Thanh. The Sympathizer. Grove Press, 2015.

Nguyen, Viet Thanh. The Refugees: Stories. Grove Press, 2018.

Okada, John. No-No Boy. University of Washington Press, 2014.

Orange, Tommy. There There. Vintage, 2018.

Otsuka, Julie. The Buddha in the Attic. Anchor, 2012.

Ozeki, Ruth. A Tale for the Time Being. Penguin Books, 2013.

Packer, ZZ. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: Stories. Riverhead, 2004.

Pena, Daniel. Bang. Arte Publico, 2018.

Reed, Ishmael. Japanese by Spring. Scribner, 1993.

Reed, Ishmael. Mumbo Jumbo. Scribner, 1972.

Rekdal, Paisley. Intimate: An American Family Photo Album. Tupelo Press, 2012.

Salesses, Matthew. The Hundred-Year Flood. Little A, 2015.

Sebald, W.G. The Emigrants. New Directions, 2016.

Shamsie, Kamila. Burnt Shadows. Picador, 2009.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Penguin Books, 2006.

Washington, Bryan. Lot: Stories. Riverhead, 2019.

Williams, John Alfred. The Man Who Cried I Am. Harry N. Abrams, 2004.

Wright, Richard. Native Son.Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005.

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. Dial Press, 1999.

Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions. Dial Press, 1999.

African-American Iconoclast Fictions: Minor List

Guiding Questions:

What methods do African-American fiction writers use to interrogate racial subjugation for people of color in the United States and across the Global South?

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame. Friday Black. Mariner Books, 2018

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it On the Mountain. Everyman’s Library, 2016.

Baldwin, James. “Sonny’s Blues.” Going to Meet the Man. Vintage, 1995.

Beatty, Paul. The Sellout. Picador, 2016.

Bell, Derrick. “Space Traders”

Brooks, Gwendolyn. Maud Martha. Third World Press, 1992.

Butler, Octavia. Dawn. Aspect, 1997.

Butler, Octavia. Kindred. Beacon Press, 2009.

Cole, Teju. Open City. Random House, 2012.

DuBois, W.E.B., “On Being Crazy.”

Dumas, Henry. Goodbye Sweetwater.

Ellis, Trey. Platitudes. Vintage, 1988.

Everett, Percival. Erasure. Graywolf Press, 2001.

Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. Knopf, 1993.

Hannaham, James. Delicious Foods. Back Bay Books, 2016.

Hopkinson, Nalo. Falling in Love with Hominids: Stories. Tachyon Publications, 2015.

Hopkinson, Nalo. Midnight Robber. Grand Central Publishing, 2000.

Hughes, Langston. “One Friday Morning”

Hughes, Langston. “Salvation.”

Hurston, Zora Neale. “Sweat”

James, Marlon. The Book of Night Women. Riverhead, 2010.

Jones, Edward P. The Known World. Amistad, 2006.

Keene, John. Counternarratives: Stories and Novella. New Directions, 2015.

Kincaid, Jamaica. “Girl”

Larsen, Nella. The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand and The Stories. Anchor, 2001.

Laymon, Kiese. Long Division. Agate Bolden, 2013.

Mackey, Nathaniel. Late Arcade. New Directions, 2017.

MacPherson, James Alan. Hue and Cry: Short Stories. Harper Collins, 1969.

McFarland, Jeni. The House of Deep Water. Putnam, 2020.

Miller, Keith D., Joyce Lausch and Kevin Everod Quashie. New Bones: Contemporary Black Writers in America. Prentice Hall, 2001.

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Vintage, 2004.

Morrison, Toni. Jazz. Vintage, 2004.

Morrison, Toni. Paradise. Vintage, 2004.

Reed, Ishmael. Flight to Canada. Penguin, 1976.

Ross, Fran. Oreo. New Directions, 2015.

Scott, Rion Amilcar. The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories. Liverlight, 2018.

Senna, Danzy. New People. Riverhead, 2017.

Shuyler, George. Black No More. Penguin Classics, 2018.

Thompson-Spires, Nafissa. Heads of Colored People: Stories. 37 Ink, 2018.

Toomer, Jean. Cane. W.W. Norton & Company, 1988.

Toure. The Portable Promise Land. Back Bay Books, 2003.

Whitehead, Colson. Sag Harbor. Anchor, 2010.

Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad. Doubleday, 2016.

Widerman, John Edgar. American Histories: Stories. Scribner, 2018.

Wideman, John Edgar. Phildelphia Fire. Vintage, 1991

Wideman, John Edgar. Fanon. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

Theory: Assemblage & Third Space Theory

Guiding Questions:

Can fiction be used as a tool to engender a new sense of belonging while rejecting a stable state of being? If so, how can this framework of assemblage be applied in fiction to highlight the ways local identities intersect with shared global perspectives? Can an assemblage approach to fiction encourage accountability for civil rights without state sanctioned legal status?

Agamben, G., 1998. Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Translated by D. Heller-Roazen. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.

Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Aunt Lute Books, 2012.

Anzaldua, Gloria. Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality (Latin America Otherwise). Duke University Press Books, 2015.

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. “The Case for Contamination." The New York Times Jan. 2006. 5 Nov. 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/magazine/01cosmopolitan.html

Bakshi, Sandeep, Jivraj Suhraiya and Silvia Posocco. Decolonizing Sexualities: Transnational Perspectives, Critical Interventions. Counterpress, 2016.

Belletto, Steven and Joseph Keith. Neocolonial Fictions of the Global Cold War, University of Iowa Press, 2019.

Bhabha, Homi K. Nation and Narration. Routledge, 1990.

Bruynell, Kevin. Third Space of Sovereignty. University Of Minnesota Press, 2007.

DeLanda, Manuel. Assemblage Theory. Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

DeLanda, Manuel. A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity. Continuum, 2006.

Dubey, Madhu. Signs and Cities: Black Literary Postmodernism. University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press, 2005.

Gates, Henry Louis. The Signifying Monkey. Oxford University Press, 1988.

Gwaltney, John Langston. Drylongso: A Self-Portrait of Black America. The New Press, 1993.

Goyal, Yogita. The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Goyal, Yogita. Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Goyal, Yogita. Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery. NYU Press, 2019.

Knadler, Stephen. Remapping Citizenship and the Nation in African Literature. Routledge, 2010.

Lorde, Audre. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythology. The Crossing Press, 1982.

Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider. The Crossing Press, 1984.

Machado, Carmen Maria. In the Dream House: A Memoir. Graywolf, 2019.

Madsen, Deborah L. Beyond Borders: American Literature and Post-Colonial Theory. Pluto Press, 2008.

Munoz, Jose Estaban, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics. University of Minnesota, 1999.

Okker, Patricia. Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction. Routledge, 2012.

Omi, Michael and Howard Winant. Racial Formation in the United States from the 1960s to the 1990s. Routledge, 1994.

Puar, Jasbir. “I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess: Becoming intersectional in Assemblage Theory.” philoSOPHIA, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 49-66.

Puar, Jasbir. The Right to Maim. Duke University Press, 2017.

Puar, Jasbir. Terrorist Assemblages. Duke University Press Books, 2007.

Rosen, Jeremy. “Literary Fiction and the Genres of Genre Fiction.” Post45, Aug. 2018. http://post45.research.yale.edu/2018/08/literary-fiction-and-the-genres-of-genre-fiction/

Rutherford, Johnathan. "The Third Space Interview with Homi Bhabha." Identity: Community, Culture, Difference, Lawrence and Wishart, 1990, pp. 207-221.

Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. Vintage, 1994.

Scott, James C. Weapons of the Weak. Yale University Press, 1987.

Shackleton, Mark. Diasporic Literature and Theory – Where Now? Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.

Shamsie, Kamila. “The Storytellers of the Empire.” Guernica, Feb. 2012. <http://www.guernicamag.com/features/3458/shamsie…>

Sharpe, Christina. In the Wake On Blackness and Being. Duke University Press. 2016

Shklovsky, Viktor. “Art, as a Device.”

Soja, Edward. Thirdspaces: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other-Real-and-Imagined Places. Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

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