User:Mcm2001/Brown Girl Dreaming/Bibliography

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Bibliography

The following list is composed of sources I plan to use when editing this article, and some notes as to specifics in the article/where they will fit in.

Anatol, Giselle L. "Brown Girl Dreaming: A Ghost Story in the Postcolonial Gothic Tradition." Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, 2016, pp. 403-419, doi:10.1353/chq.2016.0046.

• This piece is a critical analysis of Brown Girl Dreaming, focusing on the function of ghosts and the departed in this novel. It makes the case that the book could be considered a piece of gothic fiction, and argues that these types of works as children’s literature can work to help them deal with bigger life concepts like death and grief. A potential quote I would pull from (not use the entire thing) is as follows. “The Gothic warns of the dangers mysteriously close to even the most familiar places. It reminds us that the world is not safe" (12). At the same time, as it dares "us to look boldly into this world's underbelly, to know that the underworld is not simply a metaphor," it also encourages us "to take the hauntedness of our lives as an opportunity for strength-the strength to dream strong dreams" (13). Woodson's narrator, a brown girl dreaming, gracefully exemplifies this ability to take on a multitude of situations and to grow stronger, smarter, and more intuitive from each of them". I would see this most likely fitting under the analysis section, but would like to ask about the placement of this source in analysis or genre, since it does make an argument that this book could fall under a specific genre of literature

Arif, Rabia. "Brown Girl Dreaming." The School Librarian, vol. 71, no. 3, 2023. ProQuest Central, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/brown-girl-dreaming/docview/2868449160/se-2?accountid=11091

• This is a very short review piece comparing the book to the likes of Punching the Air and Long Way Down as an adolescent verse novel. A quote I may use as an excerpt is, “this memoir encompasses the simplicity of childhood dreams, the internal battles and losses that come with growing up, and the nostalgia that takes a hold of all of us when thinking back to our journeys into adulthood. This book transcends all ages and provides a catalyst for great discussions to take place between students and classes on topics that impact both children and adults alike.” I intend to use a small portion of this quote in the reception section of the article.

Chambers, Veronica. "Where We Enter: Jacqueline Woodson's memoir in verse offers poems about sibling rivalry, parents and the friends who help you through." New York Times (1923-), 2014, pp. A14. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/where-we-enter/docview/1943355757/se-2?accountid=11091

• This is a New York Times article covering the book and focuses mainly on the form of the novel as a book of poetry, and it also critiques and analyzes the the title of the novel as one that may cause some readers to shy away from the book. I would most likely use this source in the reception section

Collin, Ross. "A Teacher's Moral Argument against Over-Testing." English Journal, vol. 111, no. 6, 2022, pp. 19-21. Education Database, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/teachers-moral-argument-against-over-testing/docview/2705026380/se-2?accountid=11091

• This is a very interesting one because it deals with the book as a potential site for children to model “bad” behavior, like when Jackie refuses to stand for the pledge of allegiance. This article argues that banning or choosing not to read books that have different moral codes than what might be the norm is an extremely limited approach and does not allow for growth of perspective on the reader’s part. A quote that I thought relates to the theme of religion in the book: “To fail to account for Woodson's story as a Jehovah's Witness is to limit one's moral vision. For students to expand their moral vision, then, they must read rich and complex stories of diverse lives.” Since this article focuses on the role of the book in a classroom setting, I intend to add it to the reception section.

Flynn, Richard. "Why Genre Matters: A Case for the Importance of Aesthetics in the Verse Memoirs of Marilyn Nelson and Jacqueline Woodson." The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 42, no. 2, 2018, pp. 109-128. Literature Online, ProQuest Central, Research Library, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/why-genre-matters-case-importance-aesthetics/docview/2164141991/se-2?accountid=11091

• We discussed this article in my Children's Lit course when covering some of the criticisms and critical analysis that circulates around this book. The author focuses on how the genre of the book impacts the experience of reading it, and focuses especially on how the self reflexive portion of the memoir telling the story of how Woodson became a writer is best done through its form. There is also an important temporal aspect that comes through with this piece and it comments on how poetry can sometimes extend beyond temporal boundaries. I see this article being a crucial paper for the analysis section I intend to add.

"The greatest children’s books of the 21st Century." Yerepouni Daily News, 2023. International Newsstream, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/greatest-children-s-books-21st-century/docview/2817925321/se-2?accountid=11091

• This is just a list of books, but Brown Girl Dreaming makes it on the list. I would like to add this to the awards list on the page that currently exists.

Howard, Krystal. "Collage, Confession, and Crisis in Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming." Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, 2017, pp. 326-344. Literature Online, ProQuest Central, Research Library, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/collage-confession-crisis-jacqueline-woodsons/docview/2009307535/se-2?accountid=11091

• Like some of the articles, it also talks about the importance of the novel’s form. Specifically relating to poetry, the author of this piece spends a significant amount of time analyzing the functions of the haikus that pop up throughout the book as a form of collage. It also talks about the paratextual nature of a collage and using fragmentation in order to tell a story that may be incomplete but in its wholeness with other fragments make a complete tale. The concept of generational trauma is also explored in this piece. would like to use this as the second main source for my analysis section of the article

"Influence Poetry and Found Poetry: The Reflection of Creative Writing Pedagogy in the Verse Novel for Young Readers." The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 42, no. 2, 2018, pp. 218-237. Literature Online, ProQuest Central, Research Library, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/influence-poetry-found-reflection-creative/docview/2164141974/se-2?accountid=11091

• This piece focuses mainly on the subject matter of writing, and argues in favor of showing parts of the process and struggle when creating something. By showing her struggles with reading, along with highlighting some of her creative inspirations (Langston Hughes being one of them), she lets the young readers see a little more about the process of how a book comes to be. One of the quotes I thought I could work into this article is: “Brown Girl Dreaming thus positions the contemporary Künstlerroman as a site of cultural activism through its use of poetic imitation and influence.” I would use this as the third article in the analysis section of my article, but also could consider it as belong in the genre section instead or perhaps in both sections.

"An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson: Black Childhood, Telling the Truth, and Writing as Activism." Bookbird, vol. 58, no. 3, 2020, pp. 11-17. Education Database, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/interview-with-jacqueline-woodson-black-childhood/docview/2518368460/se-2?accountid=11091

• This is an interview done with Woodson herself talking about Brown Girl Dreaming and her other writings. I will be sure to mainly focus on this article and how it relates to the book rather than her life at large, but I thought since there are so many interviews she’s done it would be cool to get her own voice into the article in some capacity. I could see this being added to the genre section of the article because she talks about wanting poetry to be much more accessible and that is one of her reasons for writing in the style she does

Trites, Roberta S. Twenty-first-century feminisms in children's and adolescent literature. University Press of Mississippi, 2018.

• I unfortunately left the physical copy of this book at school and I’m writing this from home, but pages 47-50 discuss Brown Girl Dreaming as an important book that covers feminism through an intersectional lens. I hope to get more specific details when I’m back in person. I would likely see this being used in the analysis section, but could possibly end up using it in the reception section instead

Turner, Jennifer D., and Autumn A. Griffin. "Brown Girls Dreaming: Adolescent Black Girls' Futuremaking through Multimodal Representations of Race, Gender, and Career Aspirations." Research in the Teaching of English, vol. 55, no. 2, 2020, pp. 109-133. Education Database, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/brown-girls-dreaming-adolescent-black/docview/2471512606/se-2?accountid=11091

• This article focuses on the temporal aspect of the book and Woodson’s role as a “futuremaker” and then goes into two examples of girls that are “Brown Girls Dreaming” in real life as creators and future maker. I would use this in my reception section since it is an example of how this work has inspired future work, and I think since the book is only the foundation of this article rather than the main subject matter, it would be a tangential reference and may not end up making it in the final article.

Outline of proposed changes

I plan on editing this article. In my edits, I have a few goals. First, I intend to rewrite the plot section of this article, as there are some key plot points missing, as well as some biases written into the description that do not directly reflect the text. Next, I would like to bolster this article by adding new sections. Namely, I will create sections for "Genre", "Analysis", and "Reception", and I also plan to move the awards section as a subsection of the reception section. I intend to have significant coverage for the Analysis and Reception sections to make sure the article is well balanced. I will also rewrite the lead section to reflect the new structure of the article. With these changes I hope to make the Brown Girl Dreaming article more up to standard with Wikipedia's guidelines for books. Please see my bibliography for more details of my intended changes.