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Section 1: Texts

Core

  • Digital Access
    • “‘Kindness’ by Naomi Shihab Nye is Poets.org’s Most Popular Contemporary Poem in 2018,” Academy of American Poets, 2018
    • “Naomi Shihab Nye,” Academy of American Poets
    • Quotations Handout, Odell Education
    • “Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address,” Steve Jobs, Stanford University, 2005
  • Unit Reader
    • “Advice to Graduates,” George Saunders, The New York Times Company, 2005
    • “Kindness,” Naomi Shihab Nye, Far Corner Books, 1995
    • “Living Like Weasels,” Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, 1982
    • “Sojourns in the Parallel World,” Denise Levertov, New Directions Publishing, 1996
    • “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost, Poetry Foundation
    • “To Be of Use,” Marge Piercy, Penguin Random House, 1982

Optional

  • Digital Access
    • “Emma Thompson Reads Naomi Shihab Nye’s Poem ‘Kindness’,” S Bettina Brand, YouTube
    • “‘Kindness’ by Naomi Shihab Nye, a Poetry Film by Ana Pérez López,” Naomi Shihab Nye and Ana Pérez López, On Being Project
    • “Naomi Shihab Nye Reads ‘Kindness’,” Naomi Shihab Nye, Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality and Saint Catherine University