Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e9KGSx925411; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:28:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:28:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <15906099AF5BD211974600A0C9D1804704E38A@WAWA01> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Marnie Whelan" <mwhelan@womensassoc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1067] RE: Books X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2951 Lines: 71 I have a similar concern. I've been trying to oragnize a recreational reading program for my students and have been seriously hampered by the lack of materials of interest to the young, African-American, often originally inner-city, women who come to my classes from their interim resience here in the suburbs! I do have a list of titles I have developed, which I'll pass on. Sadly, it is short enough to reproduce here! Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Sounder, William Armstrong The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake Shimmershine Queens, Camille Yarbrough The Friends, Rosa Guy Sidewalk Story, Sharon Bell Mathis Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros El Bronx Remembered & Felita, Nicholasa Mohr Local News and Pool Party, Gary Soto Some of these are recommendations from a librarian friend and some come from the reading lists at a local high school. I haven't acquired all of them myself; but the ones I have gotten my hands on have sparked interest. I'd love to hear what other people recommend?----- Marnie Whelan Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1066] Books I was wondering if anyone would like to recommend works of fiction or nonfiction that they would suggest would be interesting to our women learners. I just finished reading a very moving book that I want to recommend: The Last Time I Wore A Dress by Daphne Scholinski, printed by Riverhead Books, 1997. Phyllis Burke, author of Family Values and Gender Shock is quoted on the sleeve of the book as saying: "The Last Time I Wore A Dress is an extraordinary, dramatic document, tracing a young girl's incarceration in institutions for the mentally ill because she was not considered appropriately 'feminine'. Daphne Sholinski's story is horrifying, but ultimately triumphant. It makes you want to go through the country's psychiatric wards, finding and freeing the girls whose only 'illness' is a refusal to wear makeup, or dresses, curl their hair, sit 'like a lady', or bat their eyelashes. This book is a wake-up call for all of us." What amazed me the most about this book is that it took place in the 1980's. I did not realize how archaic so many of our mental hospitals were at that time (and maybe still are). I think that this book may be appropriate for adult learner book discussion groups, and for younger adults who could relate to the difficulties Daphne had in school. The book is not written for the adult learner, and therefore, would only be easily read by advanced GED learners, or if read to by an instructor. Anyone else have recommendations? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University University Plaza Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 Fax: 404-651-1415 Ph: 404-651-0400 E-mail: alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu
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