via GIPHY We are at the end of this project/course and I am really excited about all the work we have done. The sites look amazing and this class has made me think critically about how censorship works currently and throughout history. I returned to the text, The Reader Speaks Out: Adolescent Reflections about Controversial Young Adult […]
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Week 12: Progress Report
I think this is the last blog post before the final one where we defend our contract. This week I have to say has been quiet, especially since we turned in the first draft of our project sites this past Monday. Next week we will be talking about ways to revise and I am eager […]
Week 11: Another Post Interview and Update
This past week was a busy one with finishing up collecting information for our project and the first draft of the site. Almost all the information up is at this point and we are working on copy editing the site. I had the chance to talk with Dr. Gary Richards this past week to talk […]
Week 10: Post Interview
Good news times two! We got a response from one of the people we reached out to interview, so we now have the full interview up on the petition page of our website! I am also speaking with an English professor here at UMW, who also happens to be the head of our department, Dr. […]
Week Six: Interview Protocols
Karina and I have secured an interview with Charles Knitter, the man who led the protest outside of the courthouse when the challenge against To Kill a Mockingbird happened in late 2016. We found him through an article and then from a Facebook event he had created for the protest last December. We think his perspective […]
Week Five: Reading Reflection
For the past couple weeks, I have been stuck on the readings talking about the voices that are not heard in literature. There are biases in novels that I love and in so much literature these days. Young adults cannot identify even as they are searching for similar experiences because they are just not there. […]
Week Four: Update, Progress, and Reflection
This past week, Karina and I met with a research librarian, Elizabeth Heitsch, at Simpson Library and talked about how to get in touch with people who was a part of the case from late 2016 in Accomack County. She remembers the case when it happened and how it was a big deal, so she […]
Week Two: First Visit with Librarian
Simpson Library The photo is taken from the Centennial Image Collection in UMW’s Digital Archives. Karina and I met with UMW’s Simpson Library‘s Archivist this past Wednesday to see what tools she thought we might be able to use for our research. Carolyn Parsons is a former professor of mine (she taught my Archives and […]
Week One: Reading Reflection
The first week of classes is over and I am ready to get to work! The theme for this class is A Burning Idea and dives into researching the censorship of books. Another UMW student, Karina Schumm, and I are already researching cases in our area and exploring what makes a book “bad.” We also […]