“A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner, Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, 1930
“Advice to Youth,” excerpt from Europe and Elsewhere, Mark Twain, Public Domain, 1882
“Corn-Pone Opinions,” excerpt from Europe and Elsewhere, Mark Twain, Public Domain, 1901
“Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan, Threepenny Review, Reprinted by permission from Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency., 1990
“Points of Impact,” excerpt from Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier, Hampton Sides, Anchor Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2004
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Mark Twain, Public Domain, 1867
“The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1948
“The War Prayer,” excerpt from Europe and Elsewhere, Mark Twain, Public Domain, 1923
Reading of Chapter 4 from Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama, YouTube, 1995
Optional
Biography of Amy Tan, Amy Tan Website, Amy Tan Website, 2019
Biography of Mark Twain, The Mark Twain House and Museum, The Mark Twain House and Museum
“Where Does Creativity Hide?,” Amy Tan, TED Talk, 2008
“Advice to Youth, excerpt from Europe and Elsewhere,” Mark Twain, Public Domain, 1882