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Teaching idea: rather than the usual weekly forum, a class wiki based on The Arcades Project.  Each week students would add an entry to any of the categories below. As with Benjamin, entries would combine a quotation & a critical commentary. My fall lit seminars (one undergraduate, one graduate) focus on publishing networks from Black Mountain, the Berkley Renaissance, and the Black Arts movement through New Left San Francisco.  A lot of poets are visiting too, & these categories would allow leeway for their individual interests.  A. Games & Rules B. Enslavement C. Flowers D. Reproduction, Housework E. Technological Reproduction F. Heteroglossia G. Knight's Thinking* H. Shock Doctrine, Demolition I. Interstate Flâneurs J. Hellions K. Fashion L. Things, O.O.O. M. Ugly Feelings N. Publishers, Editors, Printers, Booksellers O. Privatization of the Avant-Garde P. Creative Writing-ization Q. ... R. Debt S. Direct action T. Infrastructure, Municipalities U. The Streets of San Francisco *via Hannah Weiner