Excerpt from How Dare We! Write

“The tinikling offers a visual explanation of how bilingual writing works. Like the agile dancing feet of a tinikling dancer, a bilingual writer’s mind is connected to her feet at all times, transferring and translating the beat of clapping bamboos from a hearing experience to a whole body experience. Living …

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Excerpt from How Dare We! Write

“I would add that many programs do not even offer courses dealing with race and writing as an elective. I didn’t know such a thing existed. Over the duration of my program, my writing became less race conscious instead of more. Sure everything thing I do and say leaves the …

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God My Father

Thanks for all your comments, keep them coming and please share  blog with others; and, educators-my books have been used in college classrooms, perhaps you would like to require them for a class you will be teaching in the fall!   GOD THE FATHER My fifties childhood wasn’t unusual.  Yes, …

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