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Download full textRose, Jeanne Marie – Composition Forum, 2005
In this essay, the author suggests that recent developments in English studies and popular culture create an opportune moment for writing teachers to welcome such literature in composition curricula. The author describes how studying stories by John Edgar Wideman enabled first-year composition students to engage political and interpersonal issues…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Literature, English
