From the site (the beautiful McSweeney's site!):
The Goods is a gallimaufry of games,
puzzles, comics, and other diversions, appearing in
newspapers across the U.S. and Canada. Each week, a
cavalcade of artists and writers from the world of children’s
books will contribute amusements that will enthrall kids and most
adults. Thoughtfully conceived and visually stunning, every issue of The
Goods will deliver a new collection of recurring features and new work.
(Technical note to newspaper editors: The Goods is a paginated feature that can run as a half page in broadsheet newspapers, or as a full page in tabloid-sized papers.)
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By Meena Kadri
“I must admit that I wake up extra early to read the chapters (blushing) I never use to go to the library but… i feel like i have a library on my phone and its great , YAY!” — Yoza reader
Designed to encourage reading, writing and responding, Yoza engages African youth with stories and social issues. The project, which was spearheaded by Steve Vosloo, a technology researcher in Cape Town, and financed by South Africa’s Shuttleworth Foundation, is dedicated to a participatory culture hungry for micro-doses of literature that are accessible as pixels not paper.
Officially launched last September, Yoza is based on Vosloo’s observations that African youth are book-poor yet mobile-rich. An estimated 90 percent of urban South African youth have access to cell phones, and 70 percent of those phones are web-enabled. In stark contrast, more than half of South African households own no leisure books and only 7 percent of public schools have functional libraries..."
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