Did affirmative action programs solve the problem of race on American college campuses, as several recent books would have us believe? If so, why does talking about race in anything more than a superficial way make so many students uncomfortable? Written by college instructors from many disciplines, this volume of essays takes a bold first step toward a nationwide conversation. Each of the twenty-nine contributors addresses one central question: what are the challenges facing a college professor who believes that teaching responsibly requires an honest and searching examination of race?...
Did affirmative action programs solve the problem of race on American college campuses, as several recent books would have us believe? If so, why does...
Orally or on the page, John Edgar Wideman never seems to stray far from firsthand experience. -Writing for me is a way of opening up, - he states in one of the interviews in this collection, -a way of sharing, a way of making sense of the world, and writing's very appeal is that it gives me a kind of hands-on way of coping with the very difficult business of living a life.-
Wideman shares the joy and pain of his life experience. The easy laughter accompanying many of these interviews shows that conversations with him can be intense and fun.
This book spans thirty-five years. Wideman...
Orally or on the page, John Edgar Wideman never seems to stray far from firsthand experience. -Writing for me is a way of opening up, - he states i...
