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June 5, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
Quick, what do these have in common... the 'dingy basements' in 'Fight Club' (the film), the video game Flower, a couple of novels by Harumi Murakami and E.L. Konigsburg, the bathroom in HBO’s 'Girls,' Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s 'Empire State of Mind,' and Homer's 'The Odyssey'?
May 8, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
So why am I so on the fence about recommending this well-produced and often engaging film?
May 3, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
A key part of the power of the fandom is precisely that it lies outside the realms of codified hierarchy we find in school and in the workplace...
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April 16, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
As far as outside-of-school literacies are concerned, "Marble Season" is possibly a definitive treatise on the subject without even intending to be...
April 2, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
The task for educators is not to drain this sense of open-ended exploration from student-fans but rather to make sure that it is accompanied by the Jiminy Cricket-like voice of critical literacy...
March 26, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
While some readers may view particular story elements as clichés, a fan might see them as enduring archetypes...
February 12, 2013 by Peter Gutierrez
There’s a danger when you spend a long, long time in the media literacy game...
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