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+ civil rights, comics, critical race theory, Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, Lila Quintero Weaver

Learning History in Lila Quintero Weaver’s “Darkroom”

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One of the threads weaving its way through my Multicultural American Literature course this semester focuses on the importance of knowing our history, the good and the bad. This thread appears in Lila Quintero Weaver’s Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White at the very beginning of the text and moves throughout. I’ve written some about this before, specifically when Weaver details the Know … Read More Learning History in Lila Quintero Weaver’s “Darkroom”

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+ american history, civil rights, comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, holocaust, jim crow, syllabus

“Jim Crow and the Holocaust” Syllabus

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The study travel trip that a colleague and I planned for Poland didn’t happen, for various reasons. However, one of the students who registered for the trip asked if I could do a directed study based on the Poland trip. I agreed to lead the directed study this summer, and I’ve been thinking, over the past few weeks, how to expand and make the … Read More “Jim Crow and the Holocaust” Syllabus

+ art spiegelman, comics, eir-anne edgar, graphic memoir, graphic novels, holocaust, maus

Conversation with Eir-Anne Edgar on “Maus”

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In a recent post, I shared my conversation with Michael Dando about Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Along with talking about Maus with Dando, I spoke with Eir-Anne Edgar about Maus volume II for my Multicultural American Literature course. Eir-Anne recently spoke about McMinn County’s banning of Maus for an event at West Virginia University. When students read and discussed Maus volume I, they also read … Read More Conversation with Eir-Anne Edgar on “Maus”

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Conversation with Michael Dando on “Maus”

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Every semester, especially when I teach asynchronous courses, I try to set up conversations with scholars and authors so that students don’t just hear and see me on the screen as they listen to the lecture. As I thought about Art Spiegelman’s Maus, I reached out to Michael Dando. I’ve spoken with Dando before about comics for his classes, specifically Luke Cage, and he … Read More Conversation with Michael Dando on “Maus”

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, jerry craft, jonathan flowers, new kid, ontological expansiveness, shannon sullivan

Ontological Expansiveness and Jerry Craft’s “New Kid”

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As I was thinking about texts for my Multicultural American Literature class this semester, parents in Katy ISD in Texas tried to ban Jerry Craft’s New Kid and other works from the schools. Last October, Craft was scheduled for a presentation in the district, and Bonnie Anderson, a white parent, started a petition to get the event cancelled. She told NBC News, “It is … Read More Ontological Expansiveness and Jerry Craft’s “New Kid”

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