My “Teaching Composition” course at CSU was honored to be able to talk with David Kirkland this past week. We’ve been reading his powerful book A Search Past Silence: The Literacy of Young Black Men. I’d written about finishing his book over the summer and Kirkland’s words have been resonating with me throughout the semester.

The Q&A below was a powerful opportunity for our CSU students and I’m pleased to share it with viewers as well:

I should also point out the efforts of Rob Greco who has transcribed much of the talk here.