Note: This literacy memoir is coupled with Ligia Mihut’s blog post as part of our “Beyond a Single Language/Single Modality” Blog Carnival. Click here to read Mihut’s framing of this memoir, or proceed to the first recording. My first best friend was Malcolm X. Oh, the sweet discussions we’d share, Malcolm and I. He told me, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” I too wanted to own tomorrow. Besides, I never owned much to begin with, but I knew now, I could only do it through reading. “Lawd jesas,…
Author: Ligia Mihut
Jehrade McIntosh
Ligia Mihut is Assistant Professor of English at Barry University. Her work explores transnational literacies, multilingualism, and emotion studies.