Teacher Black

Download or read book Teaching Black written by Ana-Maurine Lara and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature presents the experiences and voices of Black creative writers who are also teachers. The authors in this collection engage poetry, fiction, experimental literature, playwriting, and literary criticism. They provide historical and theoretical interventions and practical advice for teachers and students of literature and craft. Contributors work in high schools, colleges, and community settings and draw from these rich contexts in their essays. This book is an invaluable tool for teachers, practitioners, change agents, and presses. Teaching Black is for any and all who are interested in incorporating Black literature and conversations on Black literary craft into their own work.