The story of how an ordinary young woman, Margaret Sams, met the challenges of difficult circumstances. The text recounts her ordeal through World War II in the Philippines and the relationship she formed with Jerry Sams while in Santo Tomas camp.
The story of how an ordinary young woman, Margaret Sams, met the challenges of difficult circumstances. The text recounts her ordeal through World War...
The essays in this book, stemming from a national conference of the same name, focus on the single subject required of nearly all college studentscomposition.
Despite its pervasiveness and its significance, composition has an unstable status within the curriculum. Writing programs and writing faculty are besieged by academic, political, and financial concerns that have not been well understood or addressed.
At many institutions, composition functions paradoxically as both the gateway to academic success and as the gatekeeper, reducing access to academic work and opportunity for those with...
The essays in this book, stemming from a national conference of the same name, focus on the single subject required of nearly all college studentscomp...
The essays in this book, stemming from a national conference of the same name, focus on the single subject required of nearly all college studentscomposition.
Despite its pervasiveness and its significance, composition has an unstable status within the curriculum. Writing programs and writing faculty are besieged by academic, political, and financial concerns that have not been well understood or addressed.
At many institutions, composition functions paradoxically as both the gateway to academic success and as the gatekeeper, reducing access to academic work and opportunity for those with...
The essays in this book, stemming from a national conference of the same name, focus on the single subject required of nearly all college studentscomp...
A collection of twenty-four essays assessing and challenging the current state of writing instruction, "Composition Studies in the New Millennium: Rereading the Past, Rewriting the Future "emerges from presentations given at the national Writing Program Administrators conference held at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 2001. Like its acclaimed and widely-used predecessor, "Composition in the Twenty-First Century: Crisis and Change, "this timely collection by leading scholars in composition studies responds to concerns about the evolution and future of this field of study.Charting new...
A collection of twenty-four essays assessing and challenging the current state of writing instruction, "Composition Studies in the New Millennium: Rer...
This volume contains eye-opening essays from a pioneering voice in creative nonfiction and composition studies.Inspirational educator and writer Bloom brings to fore the trials and triumphs she has experienced in coming of age as a scholar, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, and most especially a writer. A pioneer in composition studies and a chronic nonconformist, Bloom is a lifelong advocate of opportunity, authenticity, and expression. Taking a stance in favor of bold creativity in living, teaching, and the act of writing that ties both together, she warns against the snares and sneers of...
This volume contains eye-opening essays from a pioneering voice in creative nonfiction and composition studies.Inspirational educator and writer Bloom...
Bloom presents groundbreaking research on the nature of essays and on the political, philosophical, ethical, and pragmatic considerations that influence how a person reads, writes, and teaches in times troubled by terrorism, transgressive students, and uses and abuses of the Internet.
Bloom presents groundbreaking research on the nature of essays and on the political, philosophical, ethical, and pragmatic considerations that influen...
