Hailed as an "impressive collection of remembrances and
commentaries" (Choice), The Muses Go to School brings
together beloved and renowned artists--including Whoopi Goldberg,
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rosie Perez, and Phylicia Rashad--to share
their transformative school encounters with the arts that helped them
discover their inner humanity and put them on the road to fully
realized creative lives. These autobiographical pieces are paired
with interpretive essays by distinguished educators to produce a
powerful case for positioning the arts at the center of primary and
secondary school curriculums. Spanning a range of genres from acting
and music to literary and visual arts, these smart and entertaining
voices make surprising connections between the arts and the
development of intellect, imagination, spirit, emotional
intelligence, self-;esteem, and self-;discipline of young people.
Herbert
Kohl and Tom Oppenheim have created "a superbly articulate
assemblage of intensely personal, interdisciplinary voices"
(Booklist), revealing that creative arts are a critical element of
any education.America singing, celebrating itself, and becoming
something altogether different, plural, singular, new.
