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Further Reading

Writing Guide with HandbookFurther Reading

The digital and hard-copy texts and other materials listed below can provide additional models and context for your work in reading and writing in the literacy narrative genre.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “Ta-Nehisi Coates on Asking Questions That Have No Answers.” YouTube, uploaded by The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIgpNuCy-eA.

Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives. The Ohio State U and Georgia State U, www.thedaln.org/#/home.

Hernandez Castillo, Marcelo. Children of the Land: A Memoir. Harper, 2020.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography. J. B. Lippincott, 1942.

Lamott, Anne. “Shitty First Drafts.” Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Pantheon Books, 1994, pp. 21–27.

“Literacy.” UNESCO, 8 Mar. 2021, en.unesco.org/themes/literacy.

Peterson, Amber. “Literacy Is More Than Just Reading and Writing.” Literacy & NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English, 23 Mar. 2020, ncte.org/blog/2020/03/literacy-just-reading-writing/.

Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker. Philomel Books, 1998.

Rose, Mike. Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us. New Press, 2009.

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