I just received word that the folks at 826Michigan are concerned that there are not enough good pieces by students for the book. This has been my concern as well. I received this email from the project coordinator yesterday.
"Amy and I met last week and went over lots of the pieces that have been submitted for the book. Both of us feel that a lot of the writing isn't up to the standard we'd like to see--this book is something that 826michigan as an organization needs to be able to fully stand behind. All of you have done an amazing job working with the students on editing, and have been really patient and wonderful even when the students have resisted the work. Most of the pieces that really reflect this work are the 2020 stories. Amy and I were thinking that we could use this Tuesday to gauge the students' energy levels/interest in the book, and to propose a new focus for the publication:
- using the 2020 stories as the main focus of the entire book. The publication would be centered around these pieces, as just about everyone has written one that's good enough to be published--or better. The theme of the book would be about looking toward the future, and how that connects to history, rather than attempting to create a straight up (alternative)-history textbook..
- since there are many suitable pieces in the other genres, the book would also feature a substantial appendix of "Further Readings." That way the students who *did* work to create many types of writing could be featured several times, and the most historically-focused writing could be used to support and inform the future/2020 theme."
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