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In the 21st century classroom and beyond the classroom, we, as educators and researchers, believe students still desire to be introduced to literature they can identify with and believe, in the rudiments of their imagination, is speaking to their real world experience. In his declaration for reform, Gregory Jay (1991) insisted, “Teachers have the responsibility to empower previously marginalized texts and readers, and to teach in a way that we risk surprising and painful changes in the interpretive habits, expectations, and values of our students–and of ourselves” (p. 281).
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Baxley, T.P., Boston, G.H. (2014). Setting the Stage of Silence. In: (In)visible Presence. Transgressions, vol 102. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-689-9_1
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