Readings

Sherman Alexie
— "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me"

James Baldwin
— "If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?"

Vincent Cremona
— "My Pen Writes in Blue and White"

Susan G. Madera
— "One Voice"

Malcom X
— "A Homemade Education"

Paule Marshall
— excerpt from Poets in the Kitchen

Gloria Naylor
— "What’s in a Name?"

Chang Rae-Lee
— "Mute in an English-Only World"

Amy Tan
— "Mother Tongue"

Luke Whisnant
— "Big Pop"
— "Connor’s Story," "Meta-Mannequin," "University Billiards"

Kenneth Woo
— "Konglish"

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