"Decolonial refusals" theory, forged through fieldwork in Puerto Rico, is used to question "conceptual disjunctures" in binary views of center-periphery relations. Grad students here are not merely "voices from the margins," as seen from the "imperial north." Their autoethnographies may be dispatches from…

Scholarly disciplines are historical reservoirs riven with contradictions. Often unaware of their own history, the humanities lead in complications, with English departments outpacing other fields of study. Both writing and English language and literature studies exhibit long-standing omissions and conflicts. This essay explores their similarities…

A middle ground, between picky concern for correctness and mushy libertarianism, must be found on which to base effective freshman composition courses. (JH)

Current needs in English-as-a-mother-tongue teaching, especially in England and Wales, are surveyed. It is argued that the feeling of stagnation among students in many university English departments results at least partly from the failure to respond to new ideas about the teaching of English language and literature. (JL)

Intended to inform both the new and the experienced English teacher about the present state of knowledge in the field, this textbook is also addressed to students preparing to teach English language and literature in junior and senior high schools. The book stresses application rather than theory, presenting specific classroom procedures drawn…