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Selected Essays of Jim W. Corder: Pursuing the Personal in Scholarship, Teaching, and Writing.
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Technical Communication
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August 1, 2005
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- Campbell, Alexa
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Selected Essays of Jim W. Corder: Pursuing the Personal in Scholarship, Teaching, and Writing
Jim W. Corder, ed. James S. Baumlin and Keith D. Miller. 2004. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. [ISBN 0-8141-4309-1. 327 pages, including index and annotated bibliography. $46.95 USD (softcover).]
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Why should a technical writer read a collection of essays by a professor of English? Well, you shouldn't, unless you believe that "the central human activity" is "language-making" (p. 95), and that freshman composition "is not a service course to other disciplines in the university. All other disciplines in the university provide ...