Author Archives: Paul Fess

Blog Post #1

Please write a brief blog post that responds to the two questions below. Remember to also respond to at least one classmate:

  1. According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, writers should use the model of “entering the conversation” in their writing. What are the advantages of this model?
  2. The smarthistory videos on the schedule this week discuss how learning to look at artwork help us analyze other situations. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Hello!

Hi everyone!

My name is Paul Fess, and this is my fourth year teaching at LaGuardia. Before coming to the College I taught at the University of Alabama and the University of Rochester. But, before that I taught at several CUNY schools as part of my graduate program at the CUNY Graduate Center.

 

 

 

 

 

I specialize in nineteenth-century American literature and culture, and I love playing blues and jazz guitar. These days, though, I mostly hang out with these people, my wife Krystyna, my son Andrzej (pronounced “An-jay”), and my daughter Zosia (pronounced Zo-Sha). 

Picture of Paul and Andrzej