Hidden LiteraciesMain MenuHidden Literacies - An IntroductionPhillis 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
1media/front lacuna.jpgmedia/DSC_0127 (1).jpg2018-12-05T16:30:40+00:00Phillis Wheatley, Amanuensis41a letter from Susanna Wheatley, likely dictated to the famous poet she enslaved — with commentary by Katy L. Chilesimage_header312022-08-22T14:27:38+00:00Samson Occom Papers: Correspondence, Connecticut Historical SocietyEnglishLetter from Susanna Wheatley to Samson Occom, March 29, 1773, Samson Occom Papers, MS Occom (Box 1, Folder 7), the Connecticut Historical SocietyAfrican American, slavery, amanuensis, collaboration
Katy L. Chiles is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, where she teaches and writes about African American and Native American literature, early American literature, print cultures, and critical race theory. Her first book, Transformable Race: Surprising Metamorphoses in the Literature of Early America, was published by Oxford University Press. Her work has appeared in journals such as PMLA, American Literature, and Early American Literature and has been supported by the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is Co-Editor for Reviews of Early American Literature. Her current book project examines race, collaboration, and print history in early American literature.