Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts
“Leftover Island” by Devin (Bokyoung) Jo, 2020
Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Growing Pains
Merida Lang
Academic Articles
Research Reports
Olabisi Kehinde Adenekan
Lindsey Moses, Danielle Rylak, Danielle Kachorsky, and Frank Serafini
Listen to an interview with authors Lindsey Moses and Danielle Rylak.
Diversity in Newbery Medal-Winning Titles: A Content Analysis
Melanie D. Koss and Kathleen A. Paciga
Listen to an interview with authors Katie Paciga and Melanie Koss.
ThedaMarie Gibbs Grey
Listen to an interview with author ThedaMarie Gibbs Grey.
Mandie B. Dunn and R. Ashley Johnson.
Listen to an interview with authors Mandie Dunn and Ashley Johnson.
Fawn Canady, Chyllis E. Scott, and Troy Hicks
Listen to an interview with authors Fawn Canady, Chyllis E. Scott, and Troy Hicks.
Moving Toward a Method for YAL in Secondary English Teacher Education
T. Hunter Strickland
Listen to an interview with author Hunter Strickland.
Voices from the Field
Grace Kang and Sonia Kline
Listen to an interview with authors Grace Kang and Sonia Kline.
Taking Scissors to Shakespeare
Annmarie Sheahan and Ashley Dallacqua
Listen to an interview with author Annmarie Sheahan.
Justice for Justyce: Using Dear Martin and Founding Documents to Create Revolutionary Remixes
Brigid Ovitt and Mary Frances Rice
Listen to an interview with authors Brigid Ovitt and Mary Rice.
All podcasts available on Spreaker and 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.
Dan Jin, Academic Book Review Editor, jolle.bookrev@gmail.com
Review of The Joyful Teacher by Kathryn Caprino
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Review of Studying Gaming Literacies by William Terrell Wright
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Review of Linguistic Justice by Kyungjin Hwang
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Review of Preparing Globally Minded Literacy Teachers by Elise Brittain
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Review of Afrofuturism Rising by Taylor D. Duckett
Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Review of Teaching Words and How They Work by Harmony Petty
University at Albany, Albany, NY
Review of Arts Integration in Diverse K-5 Classrooms by Tairan Qiu
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Review of Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction by Gail Harper Yeilding
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Review of A Symphony of Possibilities by Virginia Killian Lund
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Review of Southern. Gay. Teacher. by James Coda
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE) reviews recently published or soon-to-be-published Children’s and Young Adult Literature (CYAL). At JoLLE, we value students’ voices and creativity in reflecting their understanding and evaluation of the literature that is written for them.
The children and young adult book reviews in this issue welcome the critiques of adult and student reviewers. We are pleased to offer reflections from parents, teachers, and young children from around the globe. We hope these reviews will encourage our readers to add these titles to their libraries while continuing to embrace the unique joy and adventures that can be experienced through books.
We thank the students, teachers, and caregivers who have participated in our Children and Young Adult Literature book reviews. We hope to see more reviews from children and adults around the globe.
Julie M. Carbaugh, CYAL Book Review Editor, jolle.cyal@gmail.com
Review of My Best Friend is a Goldfish
Safiya Anadil, Student Reviewer
Maria Serikkyzy, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away
Loretta Stafford, Student Reviewer
Jennifer Ervin, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of We are Water Protectors
Daniel Foster, Student Reviewer
Angie Foster, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of Northbound: A Train Ride Out of Segregation
Will Foster, Student Reviewer
Angie Foster, Adult Educator/Reviewer
Review of John Lewis: Courage in Action
Hannah Cate, Student Reviewer
Brian Todd Davis, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle
Mira Kindelsperger, Student Reviewer
Abby Kindelsperger, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of Astronaut and Physicist: Sally Ride
Zoë Shiloh, Student Reviewer
Kelly Cate Wolfe, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Review of The Day the World Stopped Turning
Rose Marley, Student Reviewer
Mandy Branch, Adult/Educator Reviewer
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
In the Fall 2020 issue of JoLLE, we are proud to present a Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts section that shares contextual experiences of visceral, instinctive, intellectual, evoked and responsive enactments of language and literacy. Collectively, these artistic renderings prompt considerations for the engagement of language, literacy, teaching, and learning in diverse contexts.
Our poets, who are also researchers and educators, inform and expand our conceptions of language and literacy in diverse contexts such as: community, family, culture, metacognition, technology-mediated interactions, artificial intelligence, and the body. The voices presented in each work invites us to honor the multimodality of language and literacy in the classroom and education.
LaTasha Hutcherson Price, Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor, jolle.art.literature@gmail.com
Poetry
Titles: “this poem is about language,” “all of the mothers i know” & “when kamala harris says they’re comin’ for you“
Author: Ashieda McKoy
Institution: The University of Colorado Boulder
Title: “Soldier, Take Their Minds Off Your Shoulders”
Author: Octavia Ferguson
Author: Jason DeHart
Institution: Appalachian State University
Title: “Posthuman Intra-Action”
Authors: William Terrell Wright & Write with Transformer
Institution: The University of Georgia
Author: Wisnu A. Pradana
Institution: The University of Georgia
Principal Editor
Merida Lang
Conference Co-Chairs
Yixuan Wang & Shuang Fu
Academic Book Review Editor
Dan Jin
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor
LaTasha Hutcherson Price
Communications Editor
Saurabh Anand
Managing Editor
Bhairvi M. Trivedi
Production Editor
Jennifer Ervin
CYAL Book Review Editor
Julie M. Carbaugh
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Tamara Moten
Digital Content Editor
Sarah K. Stice
Faculty Advisor
Peter Smagorinsky