For your coming to voice paper: “Following Audre Lorde’s call to “transform silence into action” you will research a social justice issue that you feel needs attention in our current cultural transitions. You will “come to voice” about the issue you choose in a research-informed, persuasive essay. The final, 1500-2000 word essay must include:
– Evidence of investigative poetics: An investigation that identifies the social justice issue of your choice. Investigative poetics is a method of presenting evidence, including original thinking, that employs research into poetry and social justice. This is “coming to voice”
– Clear connections between poetry and the social justice issue
– Evidence of Investigative Poetics as your methodology, including original research into poetry and social justice
– Original response to insights into the poetry, issue, and research
– Use in-text citations (APA or MLA style) of appropriate materials included in the annotated bibliography
– A reference or bibliography page