Young Writers & Adult Illustrators Collaborate in Kickstarter Project
3990 readers Big Class hopes to raise $20,000 on Kickstarter to fund the ten projects on their 2011-2012 book list. The New Orleans-based literacy organization fosters creative collaborations between young students and adult artists. The kids write the manuscripts while the adults provide the illustrations. The students come from John Dibert Community School, Lincoln Elementary School, Langston Hughes
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Offers Free Slaughterhouse Five Copies to Students at School that Banned the Book
14199 readersIn an inspiring response to censorship, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library will give away up to 150 free copies of Slaughterhouse Five to high school students in Republic, Missouri. The school board voted to ban Kurt Vonnegut?s book from the high school library along with Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. If you believe in
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2577 readersThe president of the Queen's English Society is asked "Has the standard of English really dropped?", and his response is an unjustified yes.
Kurt Vonnegut & Sarah Ockler Books Removed from Missouri High School Library
4238 readersA Missouri school board voted 4-0 this week to yank Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut out of the Republic High School library. The move has already drawn thousands of responses online. Last year, Missouri State assistant professor Wesley Scroggins attacked the books at a a school board meeting and wrote
Interview with Debra Brenegan: ?If you work your dream, it?ll become a reality?
1992 readers Debra Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked as a journalist and taught at Milwaukee Area Technical College before beginning her graduate work. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also
InDefinite Podcast
1571 readersHere?s a chronological line-up of all the episode of the InDefinite Podcast you might have missed since the last issue. Episode #42: Alethea Black reads from I Knew You?d Be Lovely Episode #41: Amelia Gray reads from THREATS Episode #40: Alexander Maksik reads from You Deserve Nothing Episode #39: Matt Hart reads from Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and
Haruki Murakami Yanked from School District Reading List
12447 readersA New Jersey school district has pulled two novels from its required reading list after parents complained about the works. Haruki Murakami?s Norwegian Wood and Nic Sheff?s Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines were both pulled from the list after parents complained about their gay sex scenes.? Fox News has more: ?The books were on a
Award Winning Publishing, Now Stateside
5339 readersBrightRED Publishing appoints Parkwest Publications to distribute best-selling educational line for High School students Well-known since 1983 for the North American distribution of general interest books of the early days of the BBC in America as well as middle school hands-on educational books from award-winning Tarquin Publications? Parkwest is excited to announce that they?re doing the
A Funeral of the I Can?ts
2453 readersI remember reading a story once about a teacher who held a ?Funeral of the I can?ts? with her middle school class.? The students wrote down their I can?ts on pieces of paper: I can?t get a perfect score on a math test, I can?t climb to the top of the rope in gym, etc.?
Police Drop Criminal Investigation into Middle School Teacher Who Read ?Ender?s Game? in Class
5937 readersIn South Carolina, Aiken Public Safety have closed a criminal investigation into a Schofield Middle School who read to his students from Ender?s Game by Orson Scott Card. The investigation began when a mother complained to police and school officials over ?pornographic? reading material in the classroom. Here?s more about the case: ?On March 12, the
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