“This Isn't a Place for Castoffs. We're Here Because We Want to be Here”

Abstract

Former classroom teacher, teacher educator, and young adult literature scholar, Lisa Hazlett offers insight on her experiences in rural areas and how these experiences prompted her to write her book Teaching Diversity in Rural Schools. In this discussion, she explains the singularity of the Upper Midwest and why place matters when it comes to reading and teaching young adult literature.

Keywords

• teaching diversity
• rural schools
• English education