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=Accessibility in Literature=

Purposes of this Wiki

 * To create an article for the Dragon Lode Journal on this topic
 * To collaborate and find the most pressing themes in accessibility
 * To create a way for many people to collaborate at the same time on a shared topic

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Please add pages, images, and text as needed so that we can create a discussion around which to frame our review.

Introduction Paragraphs to Article
“. . . nonfiction is everywhere. It is the stuff of everyday life—the infinite list of activities and duties and decisions and desires and feelings and fears and happiness. . . Nonfiction is there and here and everywhere” (Colman, 2004, p. 4)  The above quote by Penny Colman, a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, reminds us that nonfiction in real life is quite accessible—in fact one cannot escape involvement with nonfiction. Colman defines nonfiction as “writing about reality (real people, events, ideas, feelings, things) in which nothing is made up” (Colman, 2008, p. 342). However, how the author chooses to present this material, to include how specifically or narrowed a topic is framed, can be uniquely creative and this creativity provides access to the many potentially significant roles of nonfiction. Nonfiction literature today is capturing audiences of diverse readers for its inviting approaches to topics in a variety of forms such as biography, history, science, sports, adventure, memoirs, photographic essays, ancient mythology, and other “stuff” of everyday life—both now and in the past. Key to the intrigue of this genre is the notion of accessibility—structural, topical, and aesthetic access to people, places, experiences, and events. In the following sections of this review article the authors, readers and teachers at all levels of instruction, share their perceptions of specific ways nonfiction provides access for all readers— by sharing recently published titles.