Explores the origins of written communication to offer a counter-history to the separation of rhetoric/composition and technical/professional communication

Explores the critical role that classroom educators play in supporting student motivation throughout the transition from high school to college.

Explores how Didion's nonfiction prose style, often lauded for being beautiful and poetic, also works rhetorically.

Examines innovative writing pedagogies and the experiences of Latinx student writers at Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide.

Both an anthology and an informal textbook that features poetry and essays by twenty-five New York State poets.

Addresses how digital forms of personal writing can be most effectively used by teachers, students, and other community members.

Offers a conceptual foundation for nonviolent rhetoric.

Essays addressing relatively unknown or unexamined speeches delivered by famous or influential environmental figures.

A diverse collection of essays and companion interviews that offer insight into the inspiration, drafting, and revision process.

Examines proposals for freshman composition’s abolition and reform while providing a new model for courses.

Delineates Lacan’s theory of the four discourses as a practical framework through which faculty can reflect on where their students are, developmentally, and where they might go.

A lively and intimate selection of letters on life, literature, and art from one of America’s finest prose stylists.

Relates Black Freedom Movements to literacy education.

Develops third-space theory by engaging with zines produced by feminists and queers of color.

Twenty-five celebrated writers share the encouraging words and timeless wisdom of the coaches who influenced their lives.

Explores the relationship between social movements and rhetorical theory and practice.

Argues that the reliance on sound bites in recent political discourse is harmful to the democratic process.

Contemporary poets offer behind-the-scenes perspectives on the poetic process.

Essential copyright resource for teachers and writers, particularly those involved in electronic or new media.

Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.

Explores the rhetorical functions of torture and the witnessing of torture in both classical texts and contemporary contexts.

Explores the question of student silence from students’ perspectives and challenges the conventional wisdom about silent students.

Explores John Quincy Adams’s oratorical work in support of government-funded science.

Examines the role of image and affect in teaching with new digital technologies and multimedia composition.

Offers candid, first-hand accounts of what it is like to make writing central to teaching in secondary schools and colleges.