Recently added articles from Composition Studies:
Editor's Note
Apr 01, 2008; Lucas, Brad E ... The essays in this issue emerged from a two-part panel presentation, "1963: the Origins of Modern Composition," at the CCCC convention in New York, NY, March 21-27, 2007. However, the contributors to this issue of Composition Studies do more than simply add to our origin stories; instead, they ...
Reproductions of (Il)Literacy: Gay Cultural Knowledge and First-Year Composition Pedagogy
Apr 01, 2008; Goshert, John ... "In one moment of sharing ... the hint of a miracle can occur. But even vague miracles fade, turn inside out" (Rechy, City 340-41). "If the representations that do exist are normative phantasms, then how are we to reverse or contest the force of those representations?" (Butler, "Against" ...
Writing Classroom as Factory
Apr 01, 2008; Sirc, Geoffrey ... Art critic and dealer Ivan Karp remembers Andy Warhol. Take his recollections, for instance, of the four-story townhouse on Lexington and 87th, which the young artist shared with his mother: It was very dark; the whole house was dark. But . . . furnished with great taste-all kinds of ...
"Totally, Tenderly, Tragically": Godard's Contempt and the Composition Qu'il y Aurait (that Might Have Been)
Apr 01, 2008; Kyburz, Bonnie Lenore ... A retiring adolescent, I started watching black and white movies on Saturday afternoon TV I got hooked fast-the sharp contrasts, the slightly unreal look of black and white film, the busy and contemplative smoking. Nothing was exactly clear . . . but in that confusion I sensed something I could ...
Publishing in '63: Looking for Relevance in a Changing Scene
Apr 01, 2008; Reynolds, Thomas ... In May of 1963, Life Magazine published several remarkable photographic images of Elijah Muhammed, Malcolm X, and other Nation of Islam members. Some of those images, especially those of Malcolm X, have achieved iconic status in the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. One full-page image ...
English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications: "Rhetorical Theory, Mass Media, and Public Discourse"
Apr 01, 2008; Grettano, Teresa ... Course Description English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications is described in the undergraduate catalogue as offering a "critical and analytical examination of the nature and historical development of rhetorical theory and its applications to contemporary discourse." The course ...
Machine Scoring of Student Essays: Truth and Consequences
Apr 01, 2008; Inoue, Asao B ... Machine Scoring of Student Essays: Truth and Consequences, edited by Patricia Freitag Ericsson and Richard Haswell. Logan: Utah State UP, 2006. 268 pp. This collection begins (in the first three chapters) and finishes (in the final two chapters) with a familiar, if not obvious, refrain ...
The Locations of Composition
Apr 01, 2008; Parente, Cassandra ... The Locations of Composition, edited by Christopher J. Keller and Christian R. Weisser. Albany: State U of New York P, 2007. 315pp. As we become more enmeshed in an information economy, the places of composition studies continue to expand beyond classrooms and into actual and virtual ...
Rhetoric and the Republic: Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America
Apr 01, 2008; McClish, Glen ... Rhetoric and the Republic: Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America, by Mark Garrett Longaker. TUscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2007. 288 pp. The primary virtue of Mark Garrett Longaker's Rhetoric and the Republic: Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America ...
Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education
Apr 01, 2008; Lyon, Arabella ... Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, by Bill Marsh. Albany: State U of New York P, 2007. 176pp. Discussions of plagiarism have taken on a provocative edge. Once plagiarism was seen as shameful, transparent, and not really worthy of analysis. Now, however, scholars envision ...
The Writing Center Director's Resource Book
Apr 01, 2008; Burmester, Beth ... The Writing Center Director's Resource Book, edited by Christina Murphy and Byron L. Stay. Mahwah: Erlbaum, 2006. 451 pp. After reading the first of 22 original essays in this weighty tome, I knew at once it wasn't just another reference to slide onto a dust-collecting shelf. While this ...
Can It Really Be Taught? Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy
Apr 01, 2008; Russel, Heather ... Can It Really Be Taught? Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, edited by Kelly Hitter and Stephanie Vanderslice. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook, 2007. 136 pp. In Can It Really Be Taught: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, Kelly Ritter and Stephanie Vanderslice collect an ...
Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia: Literary Practices Since College
Apr 01, 2008; Love, Renee ... Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia: Literary Practices Since College, by Katherine Kelleher Sohn. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2006. 199 pp. Everyone likes a good story, that rare narrative that is smart as well as memorable, scholarly as well as inspiring, particularly when ...
Engaged Writers and Dynamic Disciplines: Research on the Academic Writing Life
Apr 01, 2008; Pearlman, Steven ... Engaged Writers and Dynamic Disciplines: Research on the Academic Writing Life, by Chris Thaiss and Terry Myers Zawacki. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 200 pp. In their preface, Chris Thaiss and Terry Myers Zawacki ask what is a resoundingly interesting question, one that motivates ...
Relations, Locations, Positions: Composition Theory for Writing Teachers
Apr 01, 2008; Jensen, Kyle ... Relations, Locations, Positions: Composition Theory for Writing Teachers, edited by Peter Vandenberg, Sue Hum, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon. Urbana: NCTE Press, 2006. 606 pp. Over the past decade, the concept "post-process" has developed a rather notorious reputation in composition studies ....
Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education
Apr 01, 2008; Glascott, Brenda ... Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education, edited by Bronwyn T. Williams. Logan: Utah State UP 2006. 218 pp. In the literacy theory class I teach, the central touch point for the undergraduate students (many of whom are first generation, "non-traditional," ethnic minorities ...
"What about Rose?": Using Teacher Research to Reverse School Failure
Apr 01, 2008; Fishman, Jenn ... "What about Rose?": Using Teacher Research to Reverse School Failure, by Smokey Wilson. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007. 208 pp. In the present era of assessment and increasingly large-scale writing studies, anyone who wonders what teacher-researchers can contribute should read ...