Books like clothes: Engaging young black men with reading

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-208

  Kirkland, David E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859153112     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/JAAL.00025     Document Type: Article

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