To browse Academia. This issue of The ALAN Review highlights the vibrant community surrounding young adult literature, featuring reflections from the recent ALAN workshop where authors, educators, and librarians celebrated the genre's impact on young adults. It includes an interview with T. Barron on his retellings of Arthurian tales, a discussion by Grace Enriquez on allowing adolescents to voice their opinions on controversial literature, and keynote addresses from significant figures like Donald R.
Gallo and Joan Bauer, who emphasize the importance of community and storytelling in nurturing young adult readers. Although I welcome any opportunity to share work, I knew I'd have problems with my ideas from And I did.
When I wrote about the mock trial twelve years ago, I believed it was an example of progressive teaching and that I'd offered all my students a positive and even innovative learning experience. Today, I challenge the assumptions that guided those decisions and worry about the subsequent damage to my students.
Today, I am humbled but, appreciate the opportunity to explore past actions and expression of ideas in this public way. However, to do so will require a heavy hand. Re-reading Gender Matters, I am struck by its harmful omissions. The issues I purport to examine in the article are often raised then abandoned, and the literature I claim to interrogate, just as readily ignored.
For this reason, I've tried to address gaps through sidebar annotation. This second text is not added to correct errors or revise oversights so much as to craft new meaning by proximity, interaction, or juxtaposition.
