Hidden LiteraciesMain MenuPhillis Wheatley, Amanuensisa letter from Susanna Wheatley, likely dictated to the famous poet she enslaved — with commentary by Katy L. ChilesWalt Whitman’s Baby Talka Confederate veteran writes fan mail in the voice of his infant son — with commentary by Matt Cohen‘Permit Us to Speak Plainly’the 1849 Munsee Petition to Zachary Taylor — with commentary by Andrew NewmanJuvenile Journalism and Genocidea manuscript magazine by three young boys — with commentary by Karen Sánchez-EpplerVisions, Versions, and DeedsCreek Sovereignty in Coosaponakeesa’s Memorials — with commentary by Caroline WiggintonAccounting for Mary Fowler Occoma household inventory of Mary Occom — with commentary by Kelly WisecupLetters and Charactersletter from Walter Duncan to Dollie Duncan from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary — with commentary by Ellen CushmanWriting the Prisoncongregate literacy in the New York penitentiary — with commentary by Jodi Schorb‘Outlandish Characters’a Kickapoo prayer stick — with commentary by Phillip RoundCesar Lyndon Was Herethe account book of an enslaved man in colonial Rhode Island — with commentary by Tara A. BynumBirch-Bark Publications of Simon PokaganMargaret NoodinHidden Literacies - The PodcastAll podcast episodesHidden Literacies - CreditsIndexIndex of all pages
Hidden Literacies - An Introduction
1media/Phillis_Wheatley_frontispiece.jpgmedia/Eastman_Johnson,_The_Lord_is_My_Shepherd-cropped.jpg2019-03-13T11:38:25+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed9677214114image_header2019-03-13T11:50:51+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141Where are the literacies? It is a question even less answered than it is asked. Our title betrays our answer: they are hidden. But to find out where, you must assemble the clues contained in this volume. The first prize is widsom. The second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize: two sets of steak knives (they are terrible knives). Fourth prize, we hide your literacy. Go!