Author: lmiles

To Whom it may concern,  I presume you have found yourself in your first year of college or your first year at UNC Asheville; whatever the situation, know that I am proud of you. I would also guess that you have found yourself in a LANG 120 class, which I assume you are gritting yourContinue reading In The End…

Hello!  I’m very glad that you have found yourself here, whether out of curiosity or in hopes to complete an assignment. Either way, below is a piece that holds both weight and length, and I know how intimidating that may seem. In this piece, I analyze the similarities that black nonfiction essayists utilize to detailContinue reading To Be Black In America: An Analysis of bell hooks and James Baldwin’s Contribution to the Exploratory Nonfiction Genre

DIALECT MATTERS! Young, V. A. (2010). Should Writers Use They Own English? Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 12(1), 110–117. In Vershawn Ashanti Young’s piece “Should Writers Use They Own English,” he discusses that standard language ideology needs to be addressed due to the exclusivity and prejudice it conveys by demonizing other dialects. He states theContinue reading Expert Research and Writing and Stuff

What does it mean when you tell a little black girl that the unprofessionality of her tongue will get her nowhere in the world? That she must strip herself of the words she is familiar with, the ones she has found comfort within, the tongue of her mother and her mother’s mother, who brought herContinue reading The Art of Reclamation