Author Archives: Sonam

Writing the Sikh Self: From Founder to Fateh

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Sonam

The purpose of this project is to give a glimpse into the Sikh religion while also relating different themes to the texts and concepts covered in class. It is not my goal to proselytize but to promote awareness and understanding … Continue reading →

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Claudia Rankine and Space in Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Liver

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Sonam

Reading Rankine’s unique work, I was struck by her frequent references to different prescription drugs, the television and the liver. As I read on, I felt that this was more of an Autobiography of America from a certain perspective in … Continue reading →

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Boat Ramp Bike Rides

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Sonam

  My ears are freezing, snot is running down my face, I’m sore already, and I swear I just saw a rattlesnake or something in the bushes I just whizzed past. I owe this pleasant memory to my lovely father … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Franklin and Agency: This Man was a Beast

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Sonam

Reading Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography (which I think is hilarious, by the way) I was thoroughly impressed by this amazing and quirky Renaissance man. I enjoy his writing style and subtle sarcasm and wit.  My over enthusiastic like of him may … Continue reading →

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Thomas Shepard’s God’s Plot and the Topoi of Interiority

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Sonam

In Reading Autobiography, Sidonie and Smith say, “The spiritual autobiographer often retreats from a hostile external world and creates a verbal landscape as the site for expressing devotion to an otherworldly being or idea” (48). This spatial context is helpful … Continue reading →

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Red Dot, Not Feather

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Sonam

Like Alexie, I call myself an Indian. Unlike Alexie, I’m the kind Columbus was actually looking for. Guess we lucked out on that one. Late summer night in the Gurdwara parking lot, Five Sikhs are playing basketball on a court … Continue reading →

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