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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Christopher Paul Curtis


 * Article Evaluation
 * Needs additional citations/verification of the information already on the page. The lead section needs to be expanded - it's relatively short and contains minimal information at this point. His work and writing section as well as his biography can be expanded to include more information. There could also be a section added that discusses the reception of his books. There could be increased discussions about the connections between Curtis' writing and his personal life (influences, themes, etc.)
 * Rated Start-Class
 * Rated Start-Class


 * Sources
 * Interview by Peter E. Morgan with Christopher Paul Curtis: "History for Our Children" (link on canvas page)
 * Christopher Paul Curtis by Judith Levin (book)
 * McDonald, Ebony. "2020 Regina Medal Recipient Christopher Paul Curtis." The Catholic Library World, vol. 90, no. 3, 2020, pp. 177-179. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/2020-regina-medal-recipient-christopher-paul/docview/2561533849/se-2?accountid=11091.
 * "Celebrating One of Michigan's Most Prominent Authors: Christopher Paul Curtis Keeps Us Turning the Pages" (Language Arts Journal of Michigan)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * E.B. White


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead section/summary could be expanded. A small summary of his books could be included. Expanded discussion of his personal life and how it influenced his writing (themes, topics, writing process, etc.) Improved citations and references. Not necessarily neutral and some potential grammatical errors. I think a section or sections regarding the reception of the books and his legacy would also be important.
 * Rated C-Class
 * Rated C-Class


 * Sources
 * "Ethics and Edibility in Charlotte's Web" by Amy Ratelle (link on canvas page)
 * Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet (book)
 * To the Point: A Story about E.B. White by David R. Collins (book)
 * "Letters of E.B. White" in the New York Times

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Debbie Reese


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section needs to be expanded. It is very short and should include more information on her prominence as a literary critic and powerful voice in the advancement of Indigenous literature. The overall article is significantly lacking and every section needs to be expanded. There should be mention of her blog "American Indians in Children's Literature" and what she aims to achieve through this blog. Needs greater discussion on Reese's own works and literary critiques.
 * Rated Start Class


 * Sources
 * "American Indians in Children's Literature" Blog
 * Indigenous Peoples Rise Up: The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism edited by Bronwyn Carlson, Jeff Berglund (includes an interview with Debbie Reese)
 * "An Interview with Dr. Debbie Reese" Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis
 * "We Are Still Here": An Interview with Debbie Reese (academia.edu)
 * "Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children's Books about Indigenous Peoples" by Debbie Reese

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Brown Girl Dreaming


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Wikipedia article should discuss the importance of the novel being written in verse and link that out to the verse novel Wikipedia page. There should also be sections devoted to looking at the book through a disability lens, a historical lens (civil rights movement), and a religious lens. These sections can touch on how each topic is approached by Woodson and how it influenced her life. The lead section would then need to be expanded to include these ideas. I'd also like to see some mention of literary influences on Woodson (Langston Hughes, Stevie, Birch Tree Poem, etc.). Another important section to include is the reception of the novel. Another possible section could discuss the various categories of genre that the story fits into: Verse Novel, Memoir, Bildungsroman, Gothic Novel,
 * Rated Start Class
 * Rated Start Class


 * Sources
 * 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. ProQuest, doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/10.1353/uni.2018.0013
 * Howard, Krystal. “Collage, Confession, and Crisis in Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017, pp. 326–44, https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2017.0031
 * "Spaces of the Ancestor: Jacqueline Woodson and the Long Civil Rights Movement" by Samira Abdur-Rahman
 * "Deepening Students' Reading, Responding, and Reflecting on Multicultural Literature: It All Started with "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Bedard, Carol; Fuhrken, Charles
 * "Brown Girl Dreaming: A Ghost Story in the Postcolonial Gothic Tradition" by Giselle Liza Anatol
 * "Voice and Silence in Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming" by Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer

Option 5

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 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
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