Volume 15(2)
Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts
“On My Way Home” by Devin (Bokyoung) Jo
Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Creating Our Own Spaces
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Justin A. Coles
Wrestling with Competency and Everyday Literacies in School
Kortney Sherbine
Katherine Batchelor
Men Writing Their Lives: Situating the Authoring Processes of Zinesters
Barbara Guzzetti, Katina Zammit
“We’re Rural Not Dumb”: An Examination of Literacy Sponsorhip
Judith Franzak, Heather Porter, Courtney Harned
Voices from the Field
Stephanie Anne Shelton, Tamara Brooks
All podcasts available on iTunes
Academic Book Reviews
The academic book reviews in this issue cover a range of topics relevant to the field of language and literacy education. Reviewers with diverse backgrounds provide summaries and critiques of books focusing on curriculum, instruction, and social equity.
Yixuan Wang, Academic Book Review Editor, jolle.bookrev@gmail.com
Sarah J. Donovan, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Brady Nash, The University of Texas at Austin
William Terrell Wright, The University of Georgia
Eun Young Yeom, The University of Georgia
Michael Anderson, North Carolina State University
Merida Lang, The University of Georgia
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education reviews recently published or soon-to-be published children’s and young adult literature. At JoLLE CYAL, we value students’ voices and creativity in reflecting their understanding and evaluation of the literature that is written for them. In addition, we also aim to provide a scholarly space for parents and teachers to work with their children and students in sharing their thoughts, experience, and evaluative judgements about these books to other adults all over the world.
Wisnu Agung Pradana, CYAL Book Review Editor, jolle.cyal@gmail.com
Picture Book Reviews
Review of My Grandma and Me Written by Mina Javaherbin and Illustrated by Lindsey Yankey
Student Reviewers: Daisy Jiang and Shirly Jiang
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Xinyi Meng
Review of All of Us: A Young People’s History of the World Written by Yvan Pommaux and Christophe Ylla-Somers and Translated by Anna Lehman
Student Reviewer: Lila
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Nuper Kittur
Review of The Tomato Flood Written by Niyatee Parikh Sharma and Illustrated by Alankrita Amaya
Student Reviewers: Kalika Haddad
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Usree Bhattacharya
Review of Arm in Arm Written by Remy Charlip
Student Reviewers: Abeer Rajani and Jolanda Young
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Jennifer Fraser
Review of Looking for Yesterday Written by Alison Jay
Student Reviewer: Hannah Lalaian
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Jeff Lalaian
Review of Up Verses Down: Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense Written by Calef Brown
Student Reviewer: Addie Grace Croker
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Courtney Croker
Young Adult Book Reviews
Review of Seventh Grade vs. The Galaxy Written by Joshua S. Levy
Student Reviewer: Paul Kim
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Rachel Kim
Review of For Black Girls Like Me Written by Mariama J. Lockington
Student Reviewers: Chase Veitch and Heba Hameed
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Jennifer Fraser
Review of See You in the Cosmos Written by Jack Cheng
Student Reviewer: Janiah Holmes
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Brittany Thurmond
Review of The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project Written by Lenore Appelhans
Student Reviewer: Faith A. Comeau
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Amanda Brady Deaton
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
In the Fall 2019 issue of JoLLE, we are proud to present a Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts section that explores the intertwined and dynamic relationship among language, teaching, and learning in diverse contexts. Our poets, authors, and artists, who are also researchers and educators, provide us both practical inspiration and poetic interpretation of many issues, such as students’ voice and self-discovery, multimodal teaching and learning, and interpersonal communication in education.
William Terrell Wright, Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor, jolle.art.literature@gmail.com
Poetry
Titles: “At This Very Moment” & “The Crasher”
Author: Ruoyi Zhu
Institution: The University of Georgia
Author: P. L. Thomas
Institution: Furman University
Titles: “The Best Way to Enjoy Fish” & “The Trash”
Author: Ming Sun
Institution: The University of Georgia
Title: “The World We Live In–Recrimination”
Author: Shannon Young
Institution: Thomas College, Massachussetts
Visual Art
Title: “Disappearing Act”
Artist: Jerome C. Harste
Institution: Indiana University
Title: “Collaborative Mark-Making”
Artist: Jae-Eun Suh
Institution: University of North Texas
Principal Editor
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Managing Editor
Merida Lang
Production Editor
Bhairvi M. Trivedi
Conference Co-Chairs
Stacia L. Long & Tamara Moten
Academic Book Review Editor
Yixuan Wang
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor
William Terrell Wright
CYAL Book Review Editor
Wisnu Agung Pradana
Communications Editor
Maverick Y. Zhang
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Andressa Cristina Molinari
Digital Content Editor
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Faculty Advisor
Peter Smagorinsky