Why I Teach Diverse Literature

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Why I Teach Diverse Literature

Noah Cho on teaching diverse literature and the impact it has on his students.

“I decided I would teach both the Borges and García Márquez pieces, even though they weren’t on the list I was supposed to be working from. The students, perhaps sensing my love for these weird and wonderful stories, responded well. Emboldened by their response, I started adding more: “TV People” by Haruki Murakami. The titular story from Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies. “Home” by Langston Hughes. Parts of Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks.

My students loved them all. For the first time, they were all genuinely engaged and interested in what we were reading. In reading these books, so many issues that I’d never discussed with students began to surface. White students also enjoyed the stories, but started realizing that they had some trouble connecting with experiences of diasporas, whether African, Asian, or South American.”

(Source: richincolor)

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