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"The Song Is Unfinished": The New Literate and Literary and Their Institutions
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Fisher, Maisha T – Written Communication, 2004
In this article, the author builds on McHenry and Heaths study of the "literate" and the "literary" and McHenry's research on "forgotten readers" by examining the often undocumented literacy traditions and practices of men and women of African descent. First, the author traces the legacy of blended traditions of both written and spoken words in…
Descriptors: Poetry, Language Arts, Literacy, African Americans