English literature needs to expand beyond Western canon
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Asher Price / Austin American-Statesman | 11:00 am, Mar. 10, 2021 ×
Lorena German, an English teacher and co-founder of Multicultural Classroom, at her home in Austin on Jan. 21, 2021. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS
AUSTIN, Texas –Lorena Germán, an Austin teacher who has worked to revamp the traditional English class reading list, has a saying: It s one thing to take candy from a baby. It s another to take a classic text from an English teacher.
As a member of the collective #DisruptTexts, Germán is on the vanguard of a national reexamining of classroom book lists, one that presses teachers to set aside the stalwarts of the Western canon in favor of more contemporary, diverse authors.
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With a grand opening this week, Black Table Arts, a hub for artists, celebrates a permanent home With a grand opening this week, Black Table Arts celebrates its first permanent home. February 25, 2021 11:16am Text size Copy shortlink:
Good thing that imagination is Evol s specialty.
He and the other leaders of Black Table Arts dreamed and planned and hustled, working with the landlord to shape the space. This week, they re celebrating the result: the organization s first physical home. The south Minneapolis storefront boasts co-working and performance areas, a cozy reading corner and a bookstore.
Evol sees it as a place where Black artists can create and liberate. A home for education and activism.