It’s always risky to make predictions, especially optimistic ones; but I’ve noticed that one of the salutary debates emerging in the new century regarding literary studies -- and by extension the ...

Nonfiction is too often underrepresented in English/language arts classrooms, even though it’s “never been more vibrant or vital” for young people. That’s according to a new position statement by the ...

I teach creative writing to undergraduates in a writing program at the University of Central Arkansas that ... also includes rhetoric and linguistics. There is no doubt that, as “Undergraduates Heed ...

Literature reviews, like all kinds of writing, are best taught in their specific disciplinary contexts, although there are some overall principles about them that we focus on below. In this resource, ...

The first book that ever knocked me back into my own un-knowing was Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. More than any other character I can recall from reading during my youth, I admired and rooted for ...

I teach comparative literature at Columbia University. At the start of every semester, if I plan to discuss one of my own novels in class, I always tell my new students an old story about writing and ...

The literature survey course is taught at most colleges and universities. Its content and pedagogy are debated frequently at disciplinary meetings and in faculty lounges. A new collection of essays ...

On any given afternoon, in classrooms across Uganda and beyond, literature teachers are confronting a quiet but profound ...

For decades, children’s books in school libraries and classrooms have overwhelmingly featured white faces. And as the U.S. school-age population grows more diverse, students of color are less likely ...

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