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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is Associate Professor in the Literacy, Culture, and International Educational Division at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. A former Detroit Public Schools teacher and National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, she is an expert on diversity in children’s literature, youth media, and fan studies. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games is out May 2019 from NYU Press.


Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Writing Towards Magic as a Person of Color
May 21, 2019  By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
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