Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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The Short Story And Novel Notebook: Workbook for Writers and Novelists - One-Page Outliner Worksheets and Ideas List - Prepare Plan and Explore Ideas - Paperback

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by Christian Stahl (Author)As writers, we sometimes struggle to find new ideas, or once we have them, to structure and write them down immediately so we won't forget them. There are times when we may have too many ideas, and at other times, not enough. The problem all writers have is that every idea needs to be brought into order. Either we start writing our ideas and concepts down right from the beginning, so we can continue to work on them, or we are left with nothing. The Novel Notebook pr...

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$20.00

by Douglas Kearney (Author) A collection of Bagley Wright lectures given by Griffin Poetry Award-winner and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney. OPTIC SUBWOOF is a collection of talks that poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021. As kinetic on the page as they are in person, these lectures offer an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment, interrogating the ways in which poetr...

Writing and Growing: Transforming High School Students into Writers - Hardcover

$136.08

by Timothy Horan (Author)In this book, Dr. Timothy Horan presents an original and highly effective writing program whose major goal is to transform high school students into accomplished writers and mature young adults. This writing program is innovative, rigorous, and engaging, and was designed with high school students in mind. This volume contains a total of twenty original writing projects that represent creative (and innovative) interpretations of Common Core Writing Standards. These pro...

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by Marie Elisabeth Mueller (Author), Devadas Rajaram (Author)Offering a radical new toolbox for digital storytellers, this key text contains everything today's media practitioners need to know about conceptualising, editing and producing stories for online platforms and audiences. This book teaches readers practical skills for increasing their reach online, strengthening their personal brand and improving follower counts across the social web, including main platforms such as Twitter, Snapcha...

Leadership Practices in Speech and Debate Coaches: Applying Full-Range Leadership Behaviors to Coaching Intercollegiate Forensics - Hardcover

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by Barry J. Regan (Author)Intercollegiate forensics is an extracurricular activity venerated in American higher education for producing influential thought leaders, public servants, and highly trained professionals. In spite of its sterling reputation, financial support for and student participation on intercollegiate forensics teams is in an alarming state of decline. The author argues that intercollegiate forensics coaches, in the face of enormous challenges which threaten the continued vit...

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by Haruki Murakami (Author), Philip Gabriel (Translator), Ted Goossen (Translator)NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller--and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. "Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers" --New York Times Book Review A M...

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The Little Black Book of Writers' Wisdom - Paperback

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by Steven D. Price (Editor)A valuable collection of the greatest wisdom and quotes about why we write. Author and journalist Gene Fowler put it best: "Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead." Anyone who has ever wanted or been required to create something more complicated than a shopping list or a Tweet knows there's more truth than poetry in the observation. The process can be difficult, frustratingly so when we re...

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On the Tip of My Tongue: The Perfect Word for Every Life Moment - Hardcover

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by Tom Read Wilson (Author)Navigate every situation in modern life with eloquence and grace with this curated list of words featuring witty analysis of their origins, meanings, and practical applications. In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of all kinds of words, euphemisms, and bon mots. Divided into sections spanning dating, personal development, show business, compliments, curses, complaining without...

Research Developments in World Englishes - Paperback

$71.91

by Alexander Onysko (Editor)This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.Discussing key issues of current relevance and setting the tone for future research in world Englishes, this book provides new perspectives on the diverse realities of Englishes around the world. Written by an international team of established and renowned scholars, it is the inau...

Democracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation - Paperback

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by Timothy Reagan (Author)This book challenges the reader to consider issues of language and linguistic discrimination as they impact world language education. Using the nexus of race, language, and education as a lens through which one can better understand the role of the world language education classroom as both a setting of oppression and as a potential setting for transformation, Democracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation offers insights into a number of important t...

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The Little Book of Foreign Swear Words - Paperback

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by Sid Finch (Author)This is the ultimate guide to swear words from around the globe. When you want to get your point across abroad, there's only one way to do it: by swearing your ass off! Ever been lost for words abroad? When you go on holiday abroad, it's important to be able to communicate with the locals. It's useful to know, for example, whether the policeman who is trying to bundle you into the back of a van is calling you a moron or an asshole. Or, perhaps your plateful of foreign fo...

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Land of the Dead: Lessons from the Underworld on Storytelling and Living - Hardcover

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by Brian McDonald (Author), Toby Cypress (Illustrator)From Brian McDonald, an expert on the narrative arts, comes a remarkable non-fiction graphic novel about the art of storytelling.There is wisdom in the land of the dead, for it is the place that all stories lay to rest. And what is a story, if not a simulation of survival?Wielding his massive experience from film, tv, comics, and more, Brian McDonald lays out a history of storytelling and shows the reader how the best tales tug at our true...

The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of Zakho - Paperback

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by Oz Aloni (Author)In 1951, the secluded Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of Zakho migrated collectively to Israel. It carried with it its unique language, culture and customs, many of which bore resemblance to those found in classical rabbinic literature. Like others in Kurdistan, for example, the Jews of Zakho retained a vibrant tradition of creating and performing songs based on embellishing biblical stories with Aggadic traditions.Despite the recent growth of scholarly interest into...

The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of Zakho - Hardcover

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Theorising Media and Conflict - Paperback

$59.76

by Philipp Budka (Editor), Birgit Bräuchler (Editor) Theorising Media and Conflict brings together anthropologists as well as media and communication scholars to collectively address the elusive and complex relationship between media and conflict. Through epistemological and methodological reflections and the analyses of various case studies from around the globe, this volume provides evidence for the co-constitutiveness of media and conflict and contributes to their consolidation as a distin...

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How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies: Sweet and Savory Tips for the Writing Life - Paperback

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by Amy Wallen (Author), Emil Wilson (Author)Providing comfort food and inspiration for the aspiring novelist, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies offers novelist and writing coach Amy Wallen's insider secrets on living the writing life. Filled with chapters about writing, revising, submitting to an agent, and book promotion, this book combines Wallen's experienced writing advice with the brilliant illustrations of Emil Wilson, including recipes for literary success and the full recipes for 20 swe...

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Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception - Hardcover

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by Brian Boxer Wachler (Author), Tony Youn (Foreword by)"This engaging, eye-opening book covers everything anyone would ever want to know about social media influencers." --Booklist, Starred Review Unpacks and pulls the curtain back on what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we addictively engage social media and the influencers we encounter there. Individuals seeking to widen their tribes of friends, fans, and followers have an abundance of resources for building their digital...

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Inclusive Texts in Elementary Classrooms: Developing Literacies, Identities, and Understandings - Paperback

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by Amy J. Heineke (Author), Aimee Papola-Ellis (Author)"Put children's diverse experiences at the center of the curriculum with texts that promote their identity development, literacy engagement and comprehension, and learning across the content areas. This practical text includes guidance for setting learning goals that align with relevant standards and curricular directives, as well as classroom examples, teaching strategies, and reflective questions"--Author Biography Amy J. Heineke is a p...

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Curating a Literacy Life: Student-Centered Learning with Digital Media - Paperback

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by William Kist (Author), Shannon Davis (With), Ga-Vita Haynes (With) Curating a Literacy Life spotlights the idea of curation as a process for inspiring student-centered learning with digital media. In this book, Kist shows educators how to empower students as they make sense of all the books, videos, websites, and social media they access. Packed with ideas and activities developed at Glenville High School, the book presents a model for learning to learn. Using smartphones, a Netflix accoun...

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Understanding the Transnational Lives and Literacies of Immigrant Children - Paperback

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by Jungmin Kwon (Author), Catherine Compton-Lilly (Foreword by)Author Biography Jungmin Kwon is an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.6 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: April 22, 2022

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Culturally Sustaining Literacy Pedagogies: Honoring Students' Heritages, Literacies, and Languages - Paperback

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by Susan Chambers Cantrell (Editor), Doris Walker-Dalhouse (Editor), Althier M. Lazar (Editor)This practical book will help literacy teachers operationalize research on culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) to reach all students. The authors guide pre- and inservice educators in creating classroom environments and learning experiences that foster students' literacy and language development, engagement with school, and critical consciousness. Chapter authors explore questions about how CSP is e...

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Talking College: Making Space for Black Language Practices in Higher Education - Paperback

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by Anne H. Charity Hudley (Author), Christine Mallinson (Author), Mary Bucholtz (Author)Author Biography Anne H. Charity Hudley is professor of education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education and of linguistics and African and African American Studies by courtesy in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. Christine Mallinson is professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program; affiliate professor in the Depa...

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Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries - Paperback

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by Corliss Lee (Editor), Brian Lym (Editor), Tatiana Bryant (Editor)"[T]he diversity of perspectives presented within this publication will build on the reader's existing knowledge to bring nuances and alternative approaches to these enduring, seemingly intractable challenges within the LIS profession and within society." --from the Foreword by Mark A. Puente Academic library workers often make use of systemic, bureaucratic, political, collegial, and symbolic dimensions of organizational be...

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Publishing Manifestos: An International Anthology from Artists and Writers - Paperback

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by Michalis Pichler (Editor)Manifestos by artists, authors, editors, publishers, designers, zinesters explore publishing as artistic practice. ContributorsAND Publishing, Oswald de Andrade, Archive Books, Art-Rite, Rasheed Araeen, Tauba Auerbach, Michael Baers, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Ricardo Basbaum, Derek Beaulieu, Bernadette Corporation, Riccardo Boglione, Bombay Underground, Jorge Luis Borges, bpNichol, Kate Briggs, Broken Dimanche Press, Eleanor Vonne Brown, Urvashi Butalia, Ulises Carrión, M...

Arguing with Numbers: The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics - Paperback

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by James Wynn (Editor), G. Mitchell Reyes (Editor)A collection of essays which deploy rhetorical lenses to explore how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions, as well as how our values and beliefs influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept. Author Biography James Wynn is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, an...

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Teaching Literature in the Online Classroom - Paperback

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by John Miller (Editor), Julie Wilhelm (Editor)Keep students engaged in online literature classes.This volume considers the challenges and opportunities of online literature classes and suggests instructional strategies that ensure students are engaged in the virtual classroom. The ideas shared here are grounded in research, practice, critical self-reflection, and collaboration. Reflecting a diverse collection of practical tips and experiences from colleagues teaching at a variety of institut...

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Teaching the Global Middle Ages - Paperback

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by Geraldine Heng (Editor)Cultural interconnection informs this collection's view of the Middle Ages.While globalization is a modern phenomenon, premodern people were also interconnected in early forms of globalism, sharing merchandise, technology, languages, and stories over long distances. Looking across civilizations, this volume takes a broad view of the Middle Ages in order to foster new habits of thinking and develop a multilayered, critical sense of the past.The essays in this volume r...

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Teaching Asian North American Texts - Paperback

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by Jennifer Ho (Editor), Jenny Heijun Wills (Editor)Essays for teaching Asian North American texts and their historical and cultural contexts.From the short stories and journalism of Sui Sin Far to Maxine Hong Kingston's pathbreaking The Woman Warrior to recent popular and critical successes such as Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer, Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians, Asian North American literature and media encompass a long history and a diver...

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Teaching Central American Literature in a Global Context - Paperback

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by Gloria Elizabeth Chacón (Editor), Mónica Albizúrez Gil (Editor)Ideas for teaching critically the literature and film of Central America.Central America has a long history as a site of cultural and political exchange, from Mayan and Nahua trade networks to the effects of Spanish imperialism, capitalism, and globalization. In Teaching Central American Literature in a Global Context, instructors will find practical, interdisciplinary, and innovative pedagogical approaches to the cultures of C...

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Teaching and Studying Transnational Composition - Paperback

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by Christiane Donahue (Editor), Bruce Horner (Editor)Essays exploring transnational composition as a site for engaging with difference.Transnational composition is a site for engaging with difference across populations, economies, languages, and borders and for asking how cultures, languages, and national imaginaries interanimate one another.Organized in three parts, the book addresses the transnational in composition in scholarship, teaching, and administration. It brings together contributi...

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MLA Guide to Digital Literacy - Paperback

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by Ellen C. Carillo (Author)Updated edition providing students with hands-on strategies for digital literacy.The second edition of this best-selling classroom guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a crucial skill for their education, future careers, and participation in democracy. Offering practical guidance for assessing information online, this guide provides students with the tools to locate reliable sources among the clickbait and viral videos that pervade the web. The g...

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by Sharon Jones (Author)The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in. "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me."-TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiment...