{"id":4893,"date":"2011-05-26T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:11:50","slug":"beforepeople-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/beforepeople-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Before People"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong>\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/beforepeople-audio.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Before People<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">There is a moment when they turn<br \/>\ninto the ads that are meant for them<br \/>\nand are happy, a moment when the fat woman<br \/>\nthinks of melting her body away in seven days,<br \/>\nand the shut-in imagines big money<br \/>\nwithout leaving his home. Slowly,<br \/>\nas if for the first time, they read<br \/>\nthe italics of their deepest wishes:<br \/>\n<em>Made $5,000 in first month,<br \/>\nUsed to call me Fatty<\/em>, and all<br \/>\nthe people with no confidence,<br \/>\nno breasts, or hair in the wrong places,<br \/>\nfind pictures of the amazing results<br \/>\nin their own states. They have overlooked<br \/>\nthe new techniques and the research<br \/>\nof doctors in Germany, they know that now,<br \/>\nsuddenly so pleased they can hardly<br \/>\nremember being sad in this, their moment,<br \/>\nbefore, just before they lie back on the beds<br \/>\nin their small rooms and think about how foolish<br \/>\nthey are or how farfetched it is or anything<br \/>\nexcept the actual photographs of their dreams.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4896\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrl1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4973\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrl1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrl1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrl1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrl1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4897\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4974\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4898\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-nbp3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4976\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/beforepeople-ovrly3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4893\" data-postid=\"4893\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4893 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;The Before People&#8221; 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