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About the Authors









                                          Renée H. Shea   was professor of English and modern languages and
                                         director of freshman composition at Bowie State University in Maryland. A
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                                         College Board faculty consultant for more than thirty years in AP  Language
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                                         and Literature, and Pre-AP  English, she has been a reader and question
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                                         leader for both AP  English exams. Renée served as a member on three
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                                         committees for the College Board: the AP  Language and Composition
                                         Development Committee, the English Academic Advisory Committee, and the
                                         SAT Critical Reading Test Development Committee. She is co-author of
                                         Literature & Composition, American Literature & Rhetoric, The Language of
                                         Composition, Conversations in American Literature, and Advanced Language
                                         & Literature, as well as volumes on Amy Tan and Zora Neale Hurston for the
                                         NCTE High School Literature Series. Renée continues to write about
                                           contemporary authors for publications such as World Literature Today,
                                         Poets & Writers, and Kenyon Review. Her recent profiles focused on Imbolo
                                         Mbue, Natalie Handal, Lan Cao, and Ohio’s 2020–2024 poet laureate, Kari
                                         Gunter-Seymour.


                                          John Golden   teaches at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon. He
                                         was an advisor to the College Board 6–12 English Language Arts Development
                                         Committee. An English teacher for over twenty-five years, John has developed
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                                         curriculum and led workshops for the College Board’s Pacesetter  and
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                                         SpringBoard  English programs. He is a co-author of the Bedford, Freeman
                                         and Worth textbook Advanced Language & Literature (2021, 2016) and the
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                                         producer of Teaching Ideas: A Video Resource for AP  English (Bedford/
                                         St. Martin’s, 2008). He is also the author of Reading in the Dark: Using Film as
                                         a Tool in the English Classroom (NCTE, 2001), Reading in the Reel World:
                                         Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts (NCTE, 2006), the
                                         producer and co-host of the podcast Third Rail Classroom, and the producer
                                         of The NCTE Centennial Film: Reading the Past, Writing the Future (2010).



                                          Tracy Scholz  has been an educator for over twenty-five years. She
                                         has experience as a classroom teacher, department specialist, district
                                           interventionist, and program coordinator and served as the Associate Director
                                         for the Teacher Education Program at Rice University. She was a reviewer for
                                         Advanced Language and Literature (2016) and contributed to the Teacher’s
                                         Edition for Advanced Language and Literature (2016). She currently serves as
                                         the Director of Advanced Academic Studies in the Spring Branch Independent
                                         School District.
                                           Uncorrected proofs have been used in this sample.
                                           Copyright © Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers.
                                          Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers.
                                            For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.


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