Melisa Goldthwaite (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), Professor of English at Saint Joseph s University, teaches creative writing and rhetorical theory. Her books include "Words Rising: An Anthology of American Food Writing" (University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming), "The Norton Pocketbook of Writing by Students", "Surveying the Literary Landscapes of Terry Tempest Williams" (University of Utah Press, 2003), and "The St. Martin s Guide to Teaching Writing" (Bedford/St. Martin s, 2003 and 2007).