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.

• Gebundenes Buch

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9781475843583
• ISBN-10: 1475843585
• Artikelnr.: 63597581

Autorenporträt

Edited by Steven T. Bickmore and Shanetia P. Clark PhD

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