ABSTRACT

This collection--of the stories of scholars who have found a lifelong commitment to the teaching of writing--includes the professional histories of 19 rhetoricians and compositionists who explain how they came to fall in love with the written word and with teaching. Their stories are filled with personal anecdotes--some funny, some touching, some m

chapter 2|7 pages

Getting to Know Rhetorica: Janice Lauer

chapter 4|11 pages

Heart of Gold: Wendy Bishop

chapter 6|12 pages

Truth or Consequences: William A. Covino

chapter 10|15 pages

How Way Leads on to Way: Richard Fulkerson

chapter 12|11 pages

Doing as One Likes: Richard Lloyd-Jones

chapter 18|5 pages

The Long Look Back: Winifred Bryan Horner