{"product_id":"going-remote-a-teachers-journey-paperback","title":"Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Bessie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Glanting\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public education during the pandemic. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Remote\u003c\/i\u003e is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and educators left their physical classrooms for remote learning. As a professor at a community college, Bessie shows how despite these challenges, teachers work tirelessly to create a more equitable educational system by responding to mental health issues and student needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Black Lives Matter protests to fielding distressed emails from students to considering the future of his own career, \u003ci\u003eGoing Remote\u003c\/i\u003e also tells the personal story of Bessie's cancer diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic. A fusion of memoir, meditation, and scholarship, \u003ci\u003eGoing Remote\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful account of a crisis moment in educational history demonstrating both personal and societal changes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes back matter revealing the literary and theoretical touchpoints that inform \u003ci\u003eGoing Remote\u003c\/i\u003e (works by Octavia Butler, Neil Postman, Jaron Lanier, and Diane Ravitch).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eADAM BESSIE\u003c\/b\u003e is a community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes comics which have been published in many national outlets, including the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the New York Association of Black Journalists 2018 Award for the graphic essay \"Betsy Devos' 'School Choice' Movement Isn't Social Justice. It's a Return to Segregation\" (with Erik Thurman). He lives on the site of a former dynamite factory with his wife and son on the San Pablo Bay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER GLANTING\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator and product designer. He also claims he was a baron in \"the old country,\" but people are haters and they don't often believe him (#notfair). He likes sock puppets and dogs with bushy eyebrows. Peter holds a B.A. in English from the University of California at Davis, and an M.F.A. in Comics from the California College of the Arts. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731803312191,"sku":"9781644212707","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/671b5c3f8080536f9a29ef3b7165183f.webp?v=1765130166","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/going-remote-a-teachers-journey-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}