TY - BOOK AU - Weinstein,Susan TI - Feel these words: writing in the lives of urban youth SN - 9781441616180 AV - LB1631 .W354 2009eb U1 - 808/.066071277311 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Albany PB - SUNY Press KW - Creative writing (Secondary education) KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - Case studies KW - English language KW - Composition and exercises KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - Youth KW - Education (Secondary) KW - Création littéraire KW - Étude et enseignement (Secondaire) KW - Études de cas KW - Jeunesse KW - Enseignement secondaire KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Rhetoric KW - bisacsh KW - REFERENCE KW - Writing Skills KW - Composition & Creative Writing KW - fast KW - Education KW - hilcc KW - Theory & Practice of Education KW - Social Sciences KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "I am me but who am I?": presenting the writers -- "You never let me speak": power, language, and learning -- "Questioning myself and the people around me": identifications and communality in imaginative writing -- "You gotta be a writer to get in the game": understanding rap as a literate discourse -- Pregnancy, pimps & "clichéd love things": writing through gender and sexuality -- "My work sparked an interest in someone else": the pleasures of imaginative writing -- "I'm book smart, street smart & everything in between": writing, literate identity, and academic achievement -- "If you can't write you can't succeed": changing attitudes among educators and youth -- Epilogue: where are they now? N2 - An in-depth look at the creative writing practices of nine Chicago youths UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=280336 ER -