Feb
8
More Discussion Questions for “Cleaving”
February 8, 2015 | Comments Off on More Discussion Questions for “Cleaving”
(The Butcher’s Shop by Annibale Carraci, via Wikimedia Commons) 1. Did any part of Cleaving make you cringe? And in what way, if any, do you think cringe-iness relates to oversharing? For example, I found myself cringing at Powell’s repeated Buffy the Vampire Slayer references. On the one hand, I could easily blame this on my dislike […]
Feb
5
Questions for Cleaving
February 5, 2015 | 2 Comments
1. Much of our discussion in class touched on oversharing as it relates to the audience. Critics of Cleaving have suggested Powell has no audience in mind, and that the book is less a memoir and more one big overshare. Do you agree with this assessment? Why or why not? 2. Cleaving was published in 2009, […]
