English @ SUNY Geneseo | Jackson Lathrop | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jaxlathrop/activity/ Activity feed for Jackson Lathrop. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 304bf53b69cfdca8362592cc47678ad8 Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=505 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:01:05 -0500 What is literature? A book? An essay? Poetry?

The Oxford English dictionary defines literature as: familiarity with letters or books; knowledge acquired from reading or studying books, esp. the principal […]

]]> 07651e5b6f3c6f6461b4929af726099d Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=435 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:03:39 -0500 John D’Agata’s book About  A Mountain is a wide-ranging book that delves into the culture of Las Vegas during the time he helps his mother move there. At the same time, tons of controversy had been building up […]

]]> 694a74139be97afd6cb1cf41a1b96926 Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Reader and Text http://readerandtext.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=729 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:31:13 -0500 During the late 1960s and through the 1970s, led by Stuart Hall, The Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies began to incorporate sociology as a significant cultural study. Hall believed that sociology should be […]

]]> c9185681ac4038b0d739452465f149a9 Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=393 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:52:10 -0500 Have you ever wondered who it is that decides what genre to call a certain piece of writing? Is it the author? Is it a group of snobby intellectuals sitting around a table that “know best”? Or is it the audience […]

]]> 55bd4429937526fd9e394877e795f425 Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=294 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:14:03 -0500 Sherman’s March, a documentary produced by Ross McElwee is not in fact about General Sherman’s march to the sea, but about McElwee’s journey through the south in search for love interests. The majority of the […]

]]> fddb63d9ee48efbf06cc24a3b2bd888c Jackson Lathrop commented on the post, Subjectivity v. Objectivity (2015), on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/15/subjectivity-v-objectivity-2015/#comment-142 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:19:06 -0500 Comparing subjectivity and objectivity to a hockey fight was a really strong way to view it. I find that subjectivity v. objectivity is an ongoing battle in almost all pieces of nonfiction. However, in some […]

]]> b57dce023dbe82484181cd2399c6ef43 Jackson Lathrop commented on the post, Are You Listening?, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/15/are-you-listening/#comment-129 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:06:37 -0500 For the most part, I definitely find myself agreeing with a lot of the points made. However, I disagree with the part about Koenig influencing the audience’s opinion. I think that she really tries to remain […]

]]> bee52d5dde0196b5fcb7404a79f745be Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=218 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:16:09 -0500 After finishing Serial and doing some further research on the podcast, I have come to realize how effective it truly is. What do I mean by effective? I mean to say that despite a small budget, mountains of doubt […]

]]> 44988b09e7d5174e3eb9727765fe955f Jackson Lathrop joined the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4101/ Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:45:34 -0500 0 70709ac58dacb2cb3c8a77e5c02af012 Jackson Lathrop wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=96 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 17:03:58 -0500 Joan Didion’s collection of essays in Slouching Towards Bethlehem sheds light on the true essence of the counterculture during the 1960’s. Her essay topics range from obsessions with over-inflated cultural icons […]

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