Class Act

Class Act
Author: Jerry Craft
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062885529

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school. Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself? New Kid, the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal, is now joined by Jerry Craft's powerful Class Act.

Craft Class

Craft Class
Author: Christopher Kempf
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1421443554

"Uncovering the hidden history of the creative writing "workshop," this book reveals the profound social and economic consequences involved in figurations of literary production as craft labor"--

The Creative Writing MFA Handbook

The Creative Writing MFA Handbook
Author: Tom Kealey
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780826418432

Guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. This handbook includes special sections about Low-Residency writing programs, PhD programs, publishing in literary journals, and workshop and teaching advice.

Roycraft: Western New York Craft and its Inclusion in Contemporary Crafts Curriculum

Roycraft: Western New York Craft and its Inclusion in Contemporary Crafts Curriculum
Author: Megan Westenfield
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2012-05-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1105741397

This book is a research study on how craft in Western New York is incorporated into craft curriculum. It highlights the history of craft, as well as the vast history and culture of craft found right in the Western New York Region. Research was conducted through a literature review, curriculum review, and interviews. This study was done as a small scale study, so the results may not be generalizable across the field of education. Research of this kind helps to promote craft, as well as bring new questions to light for new research studies.