The author, Saphire, is a poet and was an ABE teacher in NYC!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Wilder" <andreawilder at comcast.net>
To: "The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List" 
<povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 605] Re: Fiction, Non-fiction, Memoir



> Ryan--

>

> Another comment.

>

> I saw "Monsoon Wedding" last night with a friend, each of us had seen

> it before.  There are several scenes that are definitely cringe-making;

>  have you seen it?  I wonder what students would think of it.

>

> Do you know how  Push came to be written?  As I recall, the author had

> not lived a life anything like that of Precious.

>

> Andrea

>

>

> On Mar 19, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Ryan Hall wrote:

>

>> Andrea,

>> I have never taught an adult whose literacy skills were as low as

>> Precious'

>> in Push. I also don't know for a fact if I have ever had students who

>> had to

>> endure all that Precious did. However, I do know that I have had

>> several

>> students who have had one or more issues similar to the ones Precious

>> had.

>> Sometimes it would come out in what they wrote, other times they would

>> just

>> tell me. I don't teach nearly as often as a lot of the people on this

>> list,

>> so maybe someone else can answer your question with more examples.

>> I did, however, find something that one of my students wrote last

>> summer

>> that might shed some light on your question. I posted it on the Women &

>> Literacy Wiki. You can view it by going to

>> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/From_the_Students

>> and then clicking on "talking in class".

>> I know this particular student has had to deal with a lot of bad

>> things in

>> her life, but again, I can't vouch for how closely her life parallels

>> Precious.

>> Ryan

>>

>>

>>

>> On 3/19/07 9:43 AM, "Andrea Wilder" <andreawilder at comcast.net> wrote:

>>

>>> This is for bookreaders, which includes most all of us, I guess.

>>>

>>> Push, by Sapphire, is fiction.  What is the relationship between

>>> fiction and fact, as in this  novel?  Has anybody on this list had a

>>> "Precious" in their class?  I'm thinking here in the context of "I,

>>> Rigoberto Menchu," which has fictionalized parts making for dramatic

>>> interest.  As I recall, the author had a more prosperous life than the

>>> book shows.

>>>

>>> Thanks for any opinions.

>>>

>>> Andrea

>>>

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