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Research prohibition in the United States and write an essay exploring the contradictions between the law and the reality of alcohol consumption in the country during that time.

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Using cummings’s own unconventional writing style, compose a poem that focuses more on your impression of an individual than your perception of how he or she looks.

Translate “i was sitting in mcsorley’s” into conventional grammar and word form. What is changed and what is gained in the translation?

Research a coffee house, a bar, a restaurant, or some other place in your neighborhood where artists and writers gather, then explain the appeal of that place in a short essay.

Write a poem about a place that represents humanity at its worse.