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2018
Volume 57, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0007-8204
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2216

Abstract

In this piece, the author engages in dialogue with the preceding article, “Rime of the Emergent Teachers: Supporting Collaborative Literary Learning through Roleplaying Games,” by Karis Jones, Sasha Karbachinskiy, Jennifer Castillo, and Alexandra Salom, by considering the inherently political nature of roleplaying games.

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