Reading in the Gutter

By: Dani Kachorsky Ashley Dallacqua Laura Jimenez & Stephanie Reid
  • Summary

  • Reading in the Gutter (www.readinginthegutter.com) is a podcast that attempts to bridge the space between comics and education. We aim to have thoughtful discussion with students, teachers, parents, administrators, librarians, and researchers about comics and roles they can place in classrooms and other learning contexts. We seek to share research, resources, pedagogy, and curriculum focused on comics with interested stakeholders that is theoretically sound and empirically vetted.

    Cover art by Dani Kachorsky

    © 2024 Reading in the Gutter
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Episodes
  • Thinking about the intersection of poetry and comics with Ernesto Abeytia
    Oct 1 2024

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    On this episode of Reading in the Gutter, Dani discusses the relationship between poetry and comics with Ernesto Abeytia, a poet and professor of poetry at Arizona State University. In addition to thinking about how comics can function as inspiration for poetry, they consider the similarities between poetry and comics' art forms.

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    53 mins
  • Using graphic novels to enhance memoir units with Lexie Vanderveen
    Sep 1 2024

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    In this episode of Reading in the Gutter, Dani speaks with Lexie Vanderveen, a high school English teacher, about using graphic novels to hance existing memoir units. This discussion includes helpful strategies, shared successes, and lessons learned.

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    37 mins
  • Graphic novels, literature circles, and social justice with Dr. David Low...
    Jun 30 2024

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    In the final episode of Season 2, Dani chats with Dr. David Low, a comics and graphic novel scholar whose research focuses on issues of identity and social justice. David shares how he came to be a comics scholar, why he believes comics have a place in education, how literature circles can be reenvisioned for graphic novels, and why graphic novels and comics lend themselves to discussion of identity and social justice.

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    1 hr and 5 mins

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