The 2021 UNLV online Summit and Ellen Hopkins

4/22/2021

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Ellen Has a Promo for the Summit

The UNLV Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Literature is pleased to feature Ellen Hopkins.

I, Steve, often have students ask me why the YA class wasn't reading, author X, Y, or Z or book 1, 2, or 3. Usually I listen to their advice and if I don't know the author I do my work and check out one of his or her books. Nearly, 15 years ago, a student--okay it was the brilliant and and somewhat insistent Laci Lamoine, asked me why I hadn't included Ellen Hopkins. At that time, I was still fairly new to YA and overly reluctant to embrace the verse novel. However, Laci was not to be deterred and I was firmly informed that I was neglecting an author that adolescents love.

And, Laci was right.

I began reading and following Ellen Hopkins and she is a force. Furthermore, I have loved every chance I have had to chat with her--even that very first brief conversation on an escalator at an NCTE convention. We are thrilled to have Ellen at the summit. Have you registered yet?

Find out more about the summit here.

Ellen Hopkins is a poet, freelance writer, and the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction titles, three novels for adults, and thirteen NY Times Bestselling novels-in-verse.

Hopkins’ newest novel-in-verse is People Kill People , a compelling and complex novel about gun violence and white supremacy and border security which extends Hopkins’ brave exploration of social issues from addiction in Crank followed by Glass and Fallout, abuse in Identical, trafficking in Traffick.

Until next time.

Dr. Steve Bickmore
Creator and Curator

Dr. Bickmore is a Professor of English Education at UNLV. He is a scholar of Young Adult Literature and past editor of The ALAN Review and a past president of ALAN. He is a available for speaking engagements at schools, conferences, book festivals, and parent organizations. More information can be found on the Contact page and the About page.

Dr. Gretchen Rumohr
Co-Curator

Gretchen Rumohr is a professor of English and writing program administrator at Aquinas College, where she teaches writing and language arts methods. She is also a Co-Director of the UNLV Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Literature. She lives with her four girls and a five-pound Yorkshire Terrier in west Michigan.

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Meet
Evangile Dufitumukiza!

Evangile is a native of Kigali, Rwanda. He is a college student that Steve meet while working in Rwanda as a missionary. In fact, Evangile was one of the first people who translated his English into Kinyarwanda.

Steve recruited him to help promote Dr. Bickmore's YA Wednesday on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media while Steve is doing his mission work.

He helps Dr. Bickmore promote his academic books and sometimes send out emails in his behalf.

You will notice that while he speaks fluent English, it often does look like an "American" version of English. That is because it isn't. His English is heavily influence by British English and different versions of Eastern and Central African English that is prominent in his home country of Rwanda.

Welcome Evangile into the YA Wednesday community as he learns about Young Adult Literature and all of the wild slang of American English vs the slang and language of the English he has mastered in his beautiful country of Rwanda.

While in Rwanda, Steve has learned that it is a poor English speaker who can only master one dialect and/or set of idioms in this complicated language.

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