Teaching Black : pedagogy, practice, and perspectives on writing / edited by Ana Lara, Drea Brown.
Series: Composition, literacy, and culture: Publisher: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021Description: 264 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0047122911ISBN: 9780822946953 (hbk.) :Subject(s): African Americans -- Education | Authors as teachers | African American authors | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
| Education | Education | Creative writing & creative writing guides | Ethnic studies | Teaching skills & techniquesDDC classification: 371.82996073 LOC classification: LC2731Summary: This work presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers with practical advice and historical and theoretical questions about teaching. Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching Black Life and Literature presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers. The authors presented here write and teach across a variety of genres and at numerous intersections, including writers of poetry, fiction, experimental fiction, playwriting, and also from creative writers who are engaged in literary studies and criticism. Contributors from this book provide practical advice, engage with historical and theoretical questions about teaching in classrooms, workshops, and community settings. Teaching Black is for teachers and students of literature and craft in high schools, colleges, community settings, and workshops. This book is an invaluable tool for teachers, practitioners, presses, organizational leaders, and change agents who are interested in providing access to, and incorporating Black literature and conversations on Black literary craft into their own work.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 371.82 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 14/05/2024 | 114802 |
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Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers. The authors in this collection engage poetry, fiction, experimental literature, playwriting, and literary criticism. They provide historical and theoretical interventions and practical advice for teachers and students of literature and craft. Contributors work in high schools, colleges, and community settings and draw from these rich contexts in their essays. This book is an invaluable tool for teachers, practitioners, change agents, and presses. Teaching Black is for any and all who are interested in incorporating Black literature and conversations on Black literary craft into their own work.
This work presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers with practical advice and historical and theoretical questions about teaching. Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching Black Life and Literature presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers. The authors presented here write and teach across a variety of genres and at numerous intersections, including writers of poetry, fiction, experimental fiction, playwriting, and also from creative writers who are engaged in literary studies and criticism. Contributors from this book provide practical advice, engage with historical and theoretical questions about teaching in classrooms, workshops, and community settings. Teaching Black is for teachers and students of literature and craft in high schools, colleges, community settings, and workshops. This book is an invaluable tool for teachers, practitioners, presses, organizational leaders, and change agents who are interested in providing access to, and incorporating Black literature and conversations on Black literary craft into their own work.
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