More Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Doors

A Period of Growth in African American Young Adult Literature (2001 to 2021)
Herausgeber: Bickmore, Steven T.; Clark, Shanetia P.

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Produktbeschreibung

This work celebrates and critically examines the work of eleven acclaimed African American authors who began publishing Young Adult Literature in earnest since 2000.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 217g
• ISBN-13: 9781475843590
• ISBN-10: 1475843593
• Artikelnr.: 63593955

Autorenporträt

Steven T. Bickmore, PhD, is a professor of English Education at UNLV and maintains a weekly academic blog on YA literature (http://www.yawednesday.com/). He is a past editor of The ALAN Review (2009-2014) and a founding editor of Study and Scrutiny: Research in Young Adult Literature. Shanetia P. Clark, PhD, is an associate professor of literacy in the Department of Early and Elementary Education at Salisbury University. She has published in journals such as The Journal of Language and Literacy, International Journal of Learning, The ALAN Review, and The SIGNAL Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Jewell Davis
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Steven T. Bickmore and Shanetia P. Clark
Chapter 1: Andrea Davis Pinkney: Taking a Rhythm Ride through Motown
Dawan Coombs
Chapter 2: Coe Booth: Reclaiming Humanity in Stories about Urban Life
Desiree Cueto and Wanda Brooks
Chapter 3: Sheila P. Moses: The Legend of Buddy Bush and Beyond Narrative
Shimikqua E. Ellis
Chapter 4: "As In" An Award Winning Writer: Kwame Alexander
Bryan Ripley Crandall
Chapter 5: From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Kekla Magoon
Kimberly N. Parker
Chapter 6: Jason Reynolds: The Boy in the Black Suit and the Struggle with
Grief
Dani Rimbach-Jones and Steven T. Bickmore
Chapter 7: Varian Johnson: Discovering the Mysteries of Our Past through
The Parker Inheritance
Alex Corbitt
Chapter 8: Renee Watston: Love Above All-Unpacking Piecing Me Together
Shanetia P. Clark
Chapter 9: Tiffany D. Jackson: Shining a Light on Missing Black Girls
through Creative Narratives in Monday's Not Coming
Steven T. Bickmore and Gretchen Rumohr
Chapter 10: Nnedi Okorafor: An Origin Story
Oluwaseun Animashaun
Chapter 11: Lamar Giles: Exploring the Ins and Outs of Community in Not so
Pure and Simple
Morgan Jackson