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Hace 2 días · African American parents, educators, and authors have long cared about, discussed, and written literature for African American children, despite various barriers to this genre of literary production. 1 In her 1922 essay “Negro Literature for Negro Pupils,” author, editor, activist, and educator Alice Dunbar-Nelson discussed the importance of African American children’s literature.
Hace 4 días · Shakur's aunt and lawyer, Evelyn Williams, was cited for contempt after walking out of the courtroom after many of her attempted motions were denied. The trial was delayed for a few days after Shakur was diagnosed with pleurisy.
26 de jun. de 2024 · In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. The first graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales, Trickster brings together Native American folklore and the world of comics.
Hace 6 días · Though trickster tales in African American culture are frequently a source of humor, they also contain serious commentary on the inequities of existence in a country where the promises of democracy were denied to a large portion of the citizenry, a pattern that becomes even clearer in the literary adaptations of trickster figures.
Hace 1 día · The story follows a group of girls (Gorgeous, Kung Fu, Prof, Fantasy, Sweet, Melody, and Mac—the last gets her name because she really likes to eat) as they visit Gorgeous’s aunt’s faraway home.
30 de jun. de 2024 · Kipling the Trickster: Knowingness, Practical Jokes and the Use of Superior Knowledge in Kipling’s Short Stories. By J ohn C oates. Oxford: Peter Lang. 2021. ix+ 281 pp. £44.50. ISBN 978–1–80079–341–5.
11 de jun. de 2024 · Inspired by the story of Lee’s great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as they struggle to survive during the most turbulent times of modern Korean history.
