Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons: New Studies on Literacy
by Harvey J. Graff
Published in 2011 by Transaction Publishers, Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons continues Harvey J. Graff’s critical revisions of many commonly held ideas about literacy. The book speaks to central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations. Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff explores early 21st-century thinking and major concerns about literacy as well as the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of “the literacy myth” as an important subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff’s own research and writings and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth.
This volume is noteworthy for its attention to Graff’s reflections on his identification of “the literacy myth” and in developing LiteracyStudies@OSU (Ohio State University} as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs.
Graff, H. J. (2022). The new literacy studies and the resurgent literacy myth. Literacy in Composition Studies, 9(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.21623/1.9.1.4
de Oliveira Galvão, A. M., Soares de Gouvêa, M. C., & Rabelo Gomes, A. M. (2017). An interview with Harvey J. Graff & Brian Street. Literacy in Composition Studies, 5(1), 49–66. https://doi.org/10.21623/1.5.1.4
Graff, H. J. (2022, January 23). The misrepresentation and marketing of “financial literacy”: The fallacies and dangers of FL4ALL. Columbus Free Press. https://columbusfreepress.com/article/busting-myths-misrepresentation-and-marketing-%E2%80%9Cfinancial-literacy%E2%80%9D-fallacies-and-dangers
Graff, H. J. (2022, August 18). Relocating literacy in higher education. Academe Blog. https://academeblog.org/2022/08/18/relocating-literacy-in-higher-education/
Graff, H. J. (2022, October 3). The ridiculous proliferation of subject “literacies” is harming education. Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/ridiculous-proliferation-subject-literacies-harming-education
Graff, H. J. (2023). The persistent “reading myth” and the “crisis of the humanities.” College Composition and Communication, 74(2), 575-580. https://library.ncte.org/journals/CCC/issues/v74-3/32367
Graff, H. J. (2022). Book banning past and present. Against the Current, 218 (May-June), 6-7. https://againstthecurrent.org/atc218/book-banning-past-and-present/
Graff, H. J. (2023, June 16). The young heroes of the writing world: A new wave of very young authors is trying to change the world. Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/92567-the-young-heroes-of-the-writing-world.html
Graff, H. J. (2023). Book banning and education restrictions: Our moment of rising resistance. Against the Current, 225 (July-August), 8-10. https://againstthecurrent.org/atc225/our-movement-of-rising-resistance/
Graff, H. J. (2023, July 12). How can you recover reading when there was none? A revealing case study of academic dishonesty, capitalizing education, institutional and collegial collusion, and damage to children: The Ohio State University and Heinemann Publishing’s Fountas and Pinnell aka Reading Recovery, Part One. Columbus Free Press. https://columbusfreepress.com/article/how-can-you-recover-reading-when-there-was-none
Graff, H. J. (2023, July 17). The Ohio State University and Heinemann Publishing’s Fountas and Pinnell aka reading recovery, part two,” Columbus Free Press. https://columbusfreepress.com/article/ohio-state-university%E2%80%99s-and-heinemann-publishing%E2%80%99s-fountas-and-pinnell-aka-reading-recovery
Graff, H. J. (2023, July 21). How can you recover reading when there was none? A revealing case study of academic dishonesty, capitalizing education, institutional and collegial collusion, and damage to children: The Ohio State University and Heinemann Publishing’s Fountas and Pinnell aka reading recovery, part three. Columbus Free Press. https://columbusfreepress.com/article/how-can-you-recover-reading-when-there-was-none-revealing-case-study-academic-dishonesty
Publication Information:
Graff, Harvey J. (2023). Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons: New Studies on Literacy. The WAC Clearinghouse. https://wacclearinghouse.org/books/landmarks/literacy-legacies/ (Originally published in 2011 by Transaction Publishers)
