Miles Morales Suspended Book Review
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Bridgette and Genn review Jason Reynolds’ sequel book “Miles Morales Suspended.” We discuss Reynolds’ experimentation with poetry and prose, Zeke Peña’s illustrations, and how termites become a potent commentary about book bans. Bridgette also shares about the time she met Reynolds and why he’s the perfect author for Spider-Man and for Miles Morales.
Listen to Jason Reynolds talk about “Miles Morales Suspended” on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191194288/in-miles-morales-suspended-spider-man-grapples-with-racism-and-saving-the-world
Banned Books Week 2023 may have passed, but you can be celebrating (and reading) all year. Learn more: https://bannedbooksweek.org/about/
To learn more about racial discrimination in student discipline, you can check out the U.S. Department of Education’s reports:
- https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/tvi-student-discipline-resource-202305.pdf
- https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html
LA Times - “Newsletter: Antisemitism and anti-Arab hate explode into view during the Israel-Hamas war”: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2023-11-04/opinion-newsletter-antisemitism-college-anti-arab-opinion
Jewish Voice for Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
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