Hobbits, Harry Potter, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the classroom? Editor Dial-Driver (English, Rogers State University) gathers essays on using fantasy and pop culture films and literature in high school and college classrooms. Contributors in English, gifted education, political science, and media studies offer ideas for combining close analysis of popular TV shows, films, and graphic novels and describe success stories from the classroom. They show how fantasy can be used to teach interpretation and critical thinking, and how fantasy can be used as a springboard for discussion of issues such as cultural similarities and differences, human relationships, and social mores. They also give ideas on using fantasy and popular culture as a lens for examining canonical works of literature. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Emily Dial-Driver is a professor of English at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, and fiction editor of RSU’s Cooweescoowee: A Journal of Arts and Letters. Sally Emmons is an associate professor of English at Rogers State University and the managing editor of Cooweescoowee. Jim Ford teaches humanities, philosophy, and religion at Rogers State University and is director of the honors program. His articles have been published in the Journal of Religion, the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, and Honors in Practice.