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" Feel these words : "
Susan Weinstein.
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BL
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986317
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b740687
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| Main Entry
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Weinstein, Susan,1965-
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Feel these words : : writing in the lives of urban youth /\ Susan Weinstein.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: SUNY Press,, ©2009.
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xii, 189 pages ;; 23 cm
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1438426518
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: 1438426526
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: 9781438426518
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: 9781438426525
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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"I am me but who am I?": presenting the writers -- "You never let me speak": power, language, and learning -- "Questioning myself and the people around me": identifications and communality in imaginative writing -- "You gotta be a writer to get in the game": understanding rap as a literate discourse -- Pregnancy, pimps & "clichéd love things": writing through gender and sexuality -- "My work sparked an interest in someone else": the pleasures of imaginative writing -- "I'm book smart, street smart & everything in between": writing, literate identity, and academic achievement -- "If you can't write you can't succeed": changing attitudes among educators and youth -- Epilogue: where are they now?
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An in-depth look at the creative writing practices of nine Chicago youths.
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Creative writing (Secondary education)-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Education, Secondary-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Creative writing (Secondary education)
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Education, Secondary.
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English language-- Composition and exercises-- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Illinois, Chicago.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.066071277311
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LB1631.W354 2009
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