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  • Hmong Storytelling: An Interview with Ma Lee Lor
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    Hmong Storytelling: An Interview with Ma Lee Lor

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    chans23

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    Oral storytelling serves as a connection to the past, present, and future while preserving history, culture, and traditions. In Hmong culture, stories are classified as neej neeg, stories of the living, or dab neeg, stories of the dead. Neej neeg are stories that encapsulate life experiences; some are filled with grief, some serve to empower,…

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    The Teaching Press Goes Back to High School: An Interview with Appleton East High Teacher Ryan Marx 

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    wendam11

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    Don’t worry, going back to high school isn’t as terrifying as it sounds. In 2024, The Teaching Press created a classroom set of our favorite “foldie-outtie” book, Lower Fox River PCB Clean-Up Timeline, for students at East Appleton High School. In this exclusive interview, we had the chance to speak with environmental science teacher Ryan…

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    Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Ebony Hardnett

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    wendam11

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    The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.   In this interview, we were given the chance to speak with Ebony Hardnett, author of the piece “Utopia,” and she expressed her desire for change within her…

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    Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Jason Sanchez

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    wendam11

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    The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.   In this interview, we were given the chance to speak with Jason Sanchez, author of the piece “Social Media and the Bystanders of Hate,” and he expressed…

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    Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Ariel Santiago

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    johna09

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    The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.   In this interview, we were given the chance to speak with Ariel Santiago, author of the piece “Bloom,” and she expressed herself with vulnerability and passion as…

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    Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Nicholas Henderson

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    johna09

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    The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.   In this interview, author and artist Nicholas Henderson, creator of the “Caged Bird” image located on the cover of this project, expressed how his love for art…

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    “The Beauty and Resilience of Homes”: An Interview with Dr. Ann Gentry Recine

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    Hartmann

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    Our summer 2024 project is Home Again and Again: Recollections, Stories, Guideposts by Dr. Ann Gentry Recine and Louis Recine. In this engaging memoir, the authors take readers on a journey through Ann’s life of controlled chaos, faith, and positive perspectives. We had to know more about the duo behind it all , so we…

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    I Believe in Voice: An Interview with Sandra Shackelford

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    Kana

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    A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales, by Sandra Shackelford, with translations by May Lee Lor and transcriptions by Ma Le Lor, is now on sale. Click this link for purchase and pick up information.  Interviewer’s note: Sandra’s written responses have been edited to include further details and quotes that she…

  • ‘What’s Past is Prologue’: An Interview with Greg Neuschafer
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    ‘What’s Past is Prologue’: An Interview with Greg Neuschafer

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    meachamr

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    Author Greg Neuschafer published The Lower Fox River Clean Up: An Electronic Resource Library with The Teaching Press in October 2023. Email the Teaching Press to buy your copies!  Interviewers’ notes: This interview was conducted via e-mail by Abby Jurk and Autumn Johnson, in stages, from 2022-2023.  Why embark on this project? Let me begin…

  • Meet the Interns: Promotion, Publicity, and A Portrait…
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    Meet the Interns: Promotion, Publicity, and A Portrait…

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    meachamr

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    The Teaching Press had 21 students working as interns and staff in Fall 2023. We’re featuring their work in small batches—the same  way we print books at the Press!  This team of Fall 2023 interns focused on creating engagement and interest in our books, especially our 2022 titles Call Me Morgue and Wandering Toft Point:…