 | Let’s Flip the Script Subjects: African Americans in literature.; African Americans; American fiction; African Americans; Language and languages; Language and education; In Let's Flip the Script, respected poet and essayist Keith Gilyard broadens the debate about language and education. Fusing insights derived from practical experience with knowledge drawn from an impressive and interdisciplinary array of texts, he examines-always with an eye on the state ofAfrican America-connections among language, politics, expressive culture, and pedagogy. This book is a rousing contribution to the African American intellectual tradition. Keith Gilyard is Professor of Writing and English and Director of the Writing Program at Syracuse University. He received his M.F.A. from Columbia University and his Ed.D. from New York University. He is the author of a book of poetry, American Forty and Voices of the Self. He is also the editor of Spirit and Flame: An Anthology of African American Poetry and a co-editor of Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle ... And Other Modern Verse. |
