Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men

Based on interviews and observations with a diverse group of 49 young men, this book describes their motivations and applies this understanding to the teaching of literacy skills. It identifies the situations which promote literacy, the texts boys enjoy, and the implications of this knowledge for classroom practices. Smith teaches English education at Rutgers University. Wilhelm teaches literacy at the University of Maine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

An award-winning high school and university teacher, MICHAEL W. SMITH currently teaches English education in the Literacy Cluster of Rutgers Universitys Graduate School of Education. His publications include three monographs from the National Council of Teachers of English, and Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature, written with Peter Rabinowitz. Former Chair of the Literature Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and co-Chair of NCTEs Assembly for Research, he is coeditor of Research in the Teaching of English.JEFFREY WILHELM was a middle school reading teacher and a high school English teacher for thirteen years. He currently teaches in the PDN network (Professional Development Network) at the University of Maine and is the director of The Maine Writing Project and The Maine Technology for Teachers Institute. Wilhem is the author/coauthor of five other books, including 'You Gotta Be the Book': Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents (Teachers College Press, 1997) and Imagining to Learn: Inquiry, Ethics, and Integration Through Drama(Heinemann, 1998).