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Zines in Third Space

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

Coach

Edited by Andrew Blauner
Preface by David Duchovny
Foreword by Bill Bradley
Subjects: General Interest
Series: Excelsior Editions

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

Active Voices

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

Hocąk Teaching Materials, Volume 2

Second volume of instructional materials for learning the original Hochunk language, featuring entire texts and a CD.

Hocak Teaching Materials, Volume 1

Comprehensive bilingual dictionary of the Hochunk language.

Sound-Bite Saboteurs

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

Making Poems

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

Composition and Copyright

Edited by Steve Westbrook
Introduction by Steve Westbrook
Subjects: Language Arts

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

Measured Meals

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

The Wound and the Witness

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

Between Speaking and Silence

By Mary M. Reda
Subjects: Education

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

The Passionate Empiricist

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

Non-discursive Rhetoric

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

Writing-Based Teaching

Edited by Teresa Vilardi & Mary K. Chang
Subjects: Education

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

Logic as the Question Concerning the Essence of Language

Aims to transform logic into a reflection on the nature of language.

City of Rhetoric

Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.

Ecosee

Edited by Sidney I. Dobrin & Sean Morey
Subjects: Language Arts

Examines the rhetorical role of images in communicating environmental ideas.

Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies

Case study of the life of a feminist organization in a changing political and funding climate.

Death in the Classroom

By Jeffrey Berman
Subjects: Psychology

Shows how death education can be brought from the healing professions to the literature classroom.

The Way Literacy Lives

Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.

How the Gene Got Its Groove

Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.

Alterity and Narrative

Intertwines identity and culture to demonstrate how identity is negotiated over a given history.

Participation and Power

Takes a firsthand look at a case of public participation in environmental policy.

Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students

Engages the complexities of teaching Latino/a students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.