[Xmca-l] Re: Fwd: Sad news about Vivian

[Beth Ferholt]

Thank you for this, Peg!  What an important memory!  Can you send the
review you wrote?? Beth

On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:25 AM Peg Griffin <Peg.Griffin@att.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Vivian Gussin Paley, Mike Cole, Gillian McNamee and xmca
> responders.  Lots for crying out loud right now.
>
> “That reminds me of…”
>
> “We are a gentle angry people, singing for our lives.”  Holly Near singing
> this song is in my head whenever I start to read or listen to Mrs. Paley.
> The gentle angry verse and all the others – some yet to come; the birth in
> the 60’s and the many renaissances.
>
>
>
> Bad boys will have birthdays and great writers and educators will not pass
> away. Via one of the many class biographies, Reeny’s brown crayon, her
> friends, her Grandma Ettie and Leo Lionni (who sometimes make mistakes
> apparently since he is old) teach Mrs.  Paley as they and Oliver a for-sure
> gentle angry person teach us all anew whenever we want to go to the book.
>
>
>
> I remember when reviewers of a manuscript fairly early in her book writing
> career objected to one of Paley’s books being published because it seemed
> to them that Paley believed the magic the children believed.  Mike had to
> get someone to respond to this objection so the editor who loved it could
> get it published.
>
> So, I had to figure out how to write a review, in at least marginally
> academic sounding language, that said, “Well, yeah, of course she does and
> so what and then what?”
>
>
>
> Thank you Mrs. Paley, “We are a gentle angry people, playing for our
> lives.”
>
>
>
> Peg
>
> PS Mike, my spell corrector keeps trying to call you “Mice.”
>
>
>
> *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu [mailto:
> xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu] *On Behalf Of *mike cole
> *Sent:* Friday, August 02, 2019 5:59 PM
> *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Fwd: Sad news about Vivian
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues --
>
>      One of the master students of early childhood development  and
> education, Vivian Paley, has passed away. I attach a memorial statement by
> Gil McNamee, her long-time student, and a master educator in her own right.
>
>
>
> Those who know Vivian or her work will recognize Vivian's distinctive voice
>
> in her letters to Gil Those who do not may still have the great pleasure
> living in her classroom through her writing.
>
> mike
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Gillian McNamee* <mcnamee.gillian@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 6:21 PM
> Subject: Sad news about Vivian
> To: <mcole@ucsd.edu>, <lchcmike@gmail.com <lchcmike@gmailcom>>
>
>
>


-- 
Beth Ferholt (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Department of Early Childhood and Art Education
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889

Affiliated Faculty, Program in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
Affiliated Faculty, School of Education and Communication, Jönköping
University

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