Reading Youth Writing «New» Literacies, Cultural Studies and Education

«With
Reading Youth Writing
, Low and Hoechsmann track cutting-edge literacy activities in and out of school... Written with verve and wit, this book is both guide and inspiration in its insightful analyses of young writers’ flourishing, challenging work – which needs to be read, as it is read here, not through rose-coloured glasses but by critically engaging the hip-hop, YouTube cultural reworkings of writers who may yet prove a promising citizenry... We are indebted to Hoechsmann and Low’s research.promising citizenry... We are indebted to Hoechsmann and Low’s research.» (John Willinsky, Stanford University)



«I keep wondering why someone hasn’t already written a book like ‘Reading Youth Writing’! Youth writing/youth production is such an important component of youth culture, and issues of voice in particular are critical. But I am delighted that it is Michael Hoechsmann and Bronwen E. Low who have finally taken on this project. Here they bring together their individual and collective experiences as community activists and media specialists. But they are also academics who are committed to a pedagogy of change.
Reading Youth Writing
tells a story that will change the landscape of how those who work with and for young people in such areas as communication, cultural studies, education and youth studies think about youth as producers.» (Claudia Mitchell, James McGill Professor, McGill University)