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Literacy Learning in a Coffee Shop

Literacy Learning in a Coffee Shop PER • 0 N A L REFLECTIONS It's not always a long, drawn-out childhood and send them to his par­ hold this while [ cross the fence." was content to mail all ofhis stories to study that produces surprises. ents, who were living inMissouri. 1 "Okay. Isit loaded?" his mother, and then bask inher reply: Sometimes~ find knowledge right hadn't heard this approach before, and "Of course it's loaded, a gun "Son, these stories remind me ofyester­ under our nose orina strange place. 1 because 1was between semesters, 1 ain't much good ifitain't loaded." year, they give me breath." think that's what happened a few years offered to help out. Somewhere along Jinuny climbed the barbed wire at Looking back, [ didn't teach him ago when 1was onleave and Bob the way, hmvever, Leonard became a a post and jumped over. He anything about writing. [ taught him Leonard walked into my life. pretty good country writer. He isone of reached back for the rifle. to pull those stories out ofhis head and those points oflight the media keeps [ said, "Here take the lantern, so not worry about the conventions until Leonard talked to me about becom­ mentioning. He brought his childhood [canget across," and then climbed later. He can get help with conventions ing a better writer right after his f1fty­ memories with him down through the the wire atthe post and jumped from anyone. All he has to do iscorner fifth birthday inthe spring of1989. He years toour coffee table and turned across, but the seat ofmy pants got someone else. Rockville's coffee shop is cornered me ina coffee shop in them into stories. Leonard taught me tore ona barb. "Shoot, 1tore my usually crowded with storytellers, Rockville, a mining town straddling about life, and [ taught him what little pants," [ said, trying to look back tobacco chewers, coffee drinkers, and the limestone flats north ofFt. Worth, [ knew about writing. Itturned out that anoccasional guy who thinks he's a Texas. "I hear you teach writing. I've atthe tear inthe seat ofmy pants. he didn't need my help. All heneeded "Mom will kill me for that." writing expert. The last time 1saw got a lot ofstories inmy head. How about helping me out?" was for someone to marvel atwhat he Jinuny looked atme, "It ain't a Leonard 1recommended that he keep had to say and help him a little with very big tear, and your coat covers writing. 1called him today toask per­ 1looked athim and thought, "Not his writing conventions. He brought a it.let's move on." mission to use the take-out and he another one!" dog-eared tablet full ofrough-reading said, ''I've got a story about a blue It's tnJe Leonard turned out to be a This story, "Rover," isabout a handwritten squiggles, and~ talked snake. How about helping me out?" • product ofpublic school remedial writ­ hunting trip that he and his brother about them. ing courses, but he didn't want to be Jinuny took with their dog, Rover. After marking up the stories, Hemingway. Leonard was born during During the trip, Rover swallows some­ Leonard asked me if[ would "make wartime inanurban mid-wesern city, thing and can't stop choking. Leonard -byJerry Phillips them look pretty" onmy computer. the second male child inaneconomi­ and Jimmy use the rifle to put Rover Ass'isIanl Professor, Retlding Here's how one story looked, inpart, cally disadvantaged family offourteen down toprevent him from suffering. after [ had done so. Education, children. He grew up fast ona dirty Each ofthe three articles that Leonard University ofArkansas, street fronting a rat-infested, crowded We carne to the barbed wire shared with me were similar-dra­ tenement house, and remembers it all. fence atthe edge ofthe woods. matic, heartwrenching, and vivid. Monticello, He wanted to write stories ofhis Rather than seek a publisher, Leonard Monticello, Arkansas Jinuny handed me his rifle, "Here POSITION AYAIWILITY MAGAZINE A D U L T LEARNING Deportment Editors AAACE's Publications Standing Serv­ editorial and pUblishing experience and Ice Unit (PSSU) and Adult learning's a one-page statement regarding their Editorial Board announce position open­ projected goals as editor. Ings for Editors of the following depart­ Candidates should be AAACE ments In Adult learning magazine: members. Personal Reflections, Practice Notes, and Marketing Clinic. Interested candidates should respond to PSSU, AAACE, 1112 16th Street, NW, Candidates should send their vitae with background Information on Ste. 420, Washington, DC 20036. April 1992 6. 27 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Literacy Learning in a Coffee Shop

Phillips, Jerry
Adult Learning , Volume 3 (6): 1 – Apr 1, 1992
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PER • 0 N A L REFLECTIONS It's not always a long, drawn-out childhood and send them to his par­ hold this while [ cross the fence." was content to mail all ofhis stories to study that produces surprises. ents, who were living inMissouri. 1 "Okay. Isit loaded?" his mother, and then bask inher reply: Sometimes~ find knowledge right hadn't heard this approach before, and "Of course it's loaded, a gun "Son, these stories remind me ofyester­ under our nose orina strange place. 1 because 1was between semesters, 1 ain't much good ifitain't loaded." year, they give me breath." think that's what happened a few years offered to help out. Somewhere along Jinuny climbed the barbed wire at Looking back, [ didn't teach him ago when 1was onleave and Bob the way, hmvever, Leonard became a a post and jumped over. He anything about writing. [ taught him Leonard walked into my life. pretty good country writer. He isone of reached back for the rifle. to pull those stories out ofhis head and those points oflight the media keeps [ said, "Here take the lantern, so not worry about the conventions until Leonard talked to me about becom­ mentioning. He brought his childhood [canget across," and then climbed later. He can get help with conventions ing a better writer right after his f1fty­ memories with him down through the the wire atthe post and jumped from anyone. All he has to do iscorner fifth birthday inthe spring of1989. He years toour coffee table and turned across, but the seat ofmy pants got someone else. Rockville's coffee shop is cornered me ina coffee shop in them into stories. Leonard taught me tore ona barb. "Shoot, 1tore my usually crowded with storytellers, Rockville, a mining town straddling about life, and [ taught him what little pants," [ said, trying to look back tobacco chewers, coffee drinkers, and the limestone flats north ofFt. Worth, [ knew about writing. Itturned out that anoccasional guy who thinks he's a Texas. "I hear you teach writing. I've atthe tear inthe seat ofmy pants. he didn't need my help. All heneeded "Mom will kill me for that." writing expert. The last time 1saw got a lot ofstories inmy head. How about helping me out?" was for someone to marvel atwhat he Jinuny looked atme, "It ain't a Leonard 1recommended that he keep had to say and help him a little with very big tear, and your coat covers writing. 1called him today toask per­ 1looked athim and thought, "Not his writing conventions. He brought a it.let's move on." mission to use the take-out and he another one!" dog-eared tablet full ofrough-reading said, ''I've got a story about a blue It's tnJe Leonard turned out to be a This story, "Rover," isabout a handwritten squiggles, and~ talked snake. How about helping me out?" • product ofpublic school remedial writ­ hunting trip that he and his brother about them. ing courses, but he didn't want to be Jinuny took with their dog, Rover. After marking up the stories, Hemingway. Leonard was born during During the trip, Rover swallows some­ Leonard asked me if[ would "make wartime inanurban mid-wesern city, thing and can't stop choking. Leonard -byJerry Phillips them look pretty" onmy computer. the second male child inaneconomi­ and Jimmy use the rifle to put Rover Ass'isIanl Professor, Retlding Here's how one story looked, inpart, cally disadvantaged family offourteen down toprevent him from suffering. after [ had done so. Education, children. He grew up fast ona dirty Each ofthe three articles that Leonard University ofArkansas, street fronting a rat-infested, crowded We carne to the barbed wire shared with me were similar-dra­ tenement house, and remembers it all. fence atthe edge ofthe woods. matic, heartwrenching, and vivid. Monticello, He wanted to write stories ofhis Rather than seek a publisher, Leonard Monticello, Arkansas Jinuny handed me his rifle, "Here POSITION AYAIWILITY MAGAZINE A D U L T LEARNING Deportment Editors AAACE's Publications Standing Serv­ editorial and pUblishing experience and Ice Unit (PSSU) and Adult learning's a one-page statement regarding their Editorial Board announce position open­ projected goals as editor. Ings for Editors of the following depart­ Candidates should be AAACE ments In Adult learning magazine: members. Personal Reflections, Practice Notes, and Marketing Clinic. Interested candidates should respond to PSSU, AAACE, 1112 16th Street, NW, Candidates should send their vitae with background Information on Ste. 420, Washington, DC 20036. April 1992 6. 27

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