Sequoyah Goes Lesesne

Dr. Teri Lesesne

Dr. Teri Lesesne (rhymes with “insane”) visited with the 2014 Sequoyah Reading Teams for orientation Friday, May 4, 2012. In this meeting Dr. Lesesne was interviewed in the style of James Lipton’s “Inside the Actor’s Studio”. Armed with purple note cards, a microphone and an audience we covered topics from her favorite books as a child, what she learned on her first teaching job, the origin of “Professor Nana”, and her favorite curse word.

Dr. Lesesne is a professor at Sam Houston State University in Austin, TX. She teaches classes in literature for children and young adult in the Department of Library Science. We were honored to have her and to share this interview with you.

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Apr

2012

Anna Dressed in Blood or, All We Need Is A Van and A Talking Dog

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“Anna Dressed in Blood” by Kendare Blake (author’s website).

“Read Dammit! Read!” LiveJournal blog by Blake.

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Karl
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Apr

2012

Ugly to Start With

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“Ugly to Start With” by John Michael Cummings (Wikipedia entry)

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Emily
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Apr

2012

Going Underground Playlist

by adrienne

Spotify has made it easier to share music with the new Play button. As mentioned on the the podcast I’ve made playlists for a couple of the books we’ve read. Here’s “Going Underground” by Susan Vaught from the songs mentioned in the book. I kinda got carried away with the many, many renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and a few songs that are just named “Hallelujah”. Oh, well. Enjoy!