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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:17:48 -0500
I'm sure that by now you all have gotten a good sense of the tremendous amount of work Eliza Dresang has put into CCBC-Net this month as our guest moderator. Not only has she managed to facilitate a complicated, often emotional discussion, she has also been dealing with a lot of questions and concerns "behind the scenes" AND, as we see now, she has still managed to track down someone who can speak about Joseph Bruchac's work from the editor's perspective. Thanks, Eliza, for all the hard work you've put into our discussion this month!
We've been discussing some tough issues over the past few weeks. I commend all of you who have been reading and thinking about the comments that have been made. Now that many people have had a chance to air their differences, I'd like to reiterate Eliza's invitation to return to this month's topic. I hope that you've all had a chance to track down some of Joseph Bruchac's books, if you weren't already familiar with them, so that you can all participate in the discussion of his work.
One of the things I most admire about Bruchac's retellings of traditional tales are his careful background notes, where he cites the source and frequently gives specific information about when a tale can be told and who can tell it. As an outsider to Native culture, I have learned a lot about the traditions of Native oral literature just by reading Bruchac's source notes.
Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Fri 22 Oct 1999 08:17:48 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:17:48 -0500
I'm sure that by now you all have gotten a good sense of the tremendous amount of work Eliza Dresang has put into CCBC-Net this month as our guest moderator. Not only has she managed to facilitate a complicated, often emotional discussion, she has also been dealing with a lot of questions and concerns "behind the scenes" AND, as we see now, she has still managed to track down someone who can speak about Joseph Bruchac's work from the editor's perspective. Thanks, Eliza, for all the hard work you've put into our discussion this month!
We've been discussing some tough issues over the past few weeks. I commend all of you who have been reading and thinking about the comments that have been made. Now that many people have had a chance to air their differences, I'd like to reiterate Eliza's invitation to return to this month's topic. I hope that you've all had a chance to track down some of Joseph Bruchac's books, if you weren't already familiar with them, so that you can all participate in the discussion of his work.
One of the things I most admire about Bruchac's retellings of traditional tales are his careful background notes, where he cites the source and frequently gives specific information about when a tale can be told and who can tell it. As an outsider to Native culture, I have learned a lot about the traditions of Native oral literature just by reading Bruchac's source notes.
Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Fri 22 Oct 1999 08:17:48 AM CDT
