Talk:Francesca Coppa

A fact from Francesca Coppa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"? Source: English professor per [1] "Professor, Department of English". Quotation is from Henry Jenkins' site: "Henry Jenkins: You have edited the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom." [2] (it's a blog, but he's widely acknowledged as the founder of the fan studies field)
- ALT1:... that Henry Jenkins praises Francesca Coppa for having the courage to publish "the first anthology of fan fiction for use in the classroom"? "I admire Coppa and her publishers for the courage they showed in challenging those taboos." [3]; quotation as above, same source