Rhetoric and composition is a uniquely democratic field, made of a group of scholars who, rather than competing with one another, lift each other up and work together to move the field forward. This lively, engaging, story-anchored book offers advice from a range of authors--including emeritus faculty, prolific authors, and early career researchers.
Organized by various stages in the writing and publishing process, Explanation Points presents the advice shared between colleagues, passed along from professor to student, or offered online in abbreviated tweets and updates. However, if you would like to view journals devoted to a specific discipline you can search the catalog.
The following list is a small sample of journals useful for researching rhetoric and composition. Many are available online. Check the record for format information. Search this Guide Search. English literature, composition and rhetoric, English education, creative writing, linguistics, editing and publishing. Browse by Call Number Works about rhetoric and composition are shelved in various location in the library. To browse the main collection you can go to the following sections: P English language -- Composition and exercises. English language -- Rhetoric.
Reference Resources The following offers a very small selection of reference resources. We welcome shorter pieces, as well as innovative and creative approaches to the topic of reproductive justice, that are rooted in public and civic contexts, methods, and approaches and that directly engage in the community sites and spaces where such activism occurs.
Please note that we are announcing this CFP early to provide researchers additional time gather community-engaged research connected to reproductive justice.
At this moment we continue to incarcerate — and also profit from the incarceration of — those who are our most vulnerable: people of color, asylum-seeking families, the mentally ill, those with severe addictions, and, of course, those without the financial resources to make bail or pay for a thorough defense.
Our imaginations of who we incarcerate and why continue to evolve, shaped by the stories we hear and the experiences and perspectives we come to know.
Prison writing — writing by and with people in prison — has always been a primary agent in changing public perceptions, and inspiring writing and movements for change on the outside on behalf of prisoners. Literacy practices figure at the center of how we learn from, partner with, and work within prisons, and this call seeks submissions to a special issue of Reflections that examines — and exhibits — writing practices and communities formed in and around prisons. We strongly encourage submissions from writers on the inside, including academic as well as creative work, as well as teachers, researchers and community members engaged in various aspects of prison literacy.
This might include writing in various kinds of formal and informal education settings, writing centers, clubs and programs; university and community partners writing with, for, or about individuals inside prison; and various modes of writing, including multimodal technology as well as technological accommodations.
After having to recount her story of abuse several times, the judge determined it was too dangerous for her to return home and finally granted her a green card. Documenting the American South Collection of primary-source texts related to Southern culture. This lifestyle may conjure up images of endless travel and world experience, but the fact is, you never get a paid vacation. Rhetoric and Composition Eserver Links to various rhetoric resources, including bibliographies. Welcome back.
Submissions may consider one or more of the following questions among other possible themes:. We welcome any submission that takes up enduring issues of community-engaged writing and public rhetoric, especially those that reverberate in new ways with present concerns.
For example, how have campuses and communities been affected by austerity policies? Islamophobia, racism, and sexual violence? Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies? How do questions of minoritized dialects and world Englishes circulate in community-engaged writing? In particular, we welcome attempts from the perspective of community-engaged writing to theorize such questions in relation to deepening threats to our collective wellbeing. Deadline for submission is August 15 for definite consideration for the Fall issue, but we welcome submissions year-round.
Please also look for a call for articles from Wendy Hinshaw and Tobi Jacoby for a special issue on prison writing in Spring For book review queries and submissions, contact our new book review editor Romeo Garcia at Romeo. Garcia utah. Please also email Laurie and Deborah at reflections.
Eminent scholars discuss the politics and practices of generating scholarship in rhetoric and composition studies. Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition is a. “This distinguished collection is the best book I know on how to publish scholarship in rhetoric and composition―and why one should. It will also have great.
On her trip through Mexico she was robbed by narcos, rode the boxcars of La Bestia, and organized thirty of her fellow Central American bus passengers to convince the Federales who had arrested them to allow them to continue on their way. Finally, she made it to the US border, and headed out across the Sonoran Desert, where she encountered death and was caught by US Immigration.
After four months in a detention center, she was placed in foster care while the courts decided whether to deport her. She spent a year in a horrendous foster situation and eventually landed on her feet with a family that loves and protects her. After having to recount her story of abuse several times, the judge determined it was too dangerous for her to return home and finally granted her a green card.
She is now in high school, while she works to support her family back home and makes plans to go on to nursing school. Each year since , an average of 50, such unaccompanied children have been arrested at the U. Border, and their fate is decided by the immigration system. In this time when the issue of undocumented immigrants is causing great divisions within our country, much is written about them; but little is told by them in their own voice.
Her story needs to be part of our national conversation. Mark Lyons met with Liliana over forty-five times and recorded, edited and translated her story. Copyright New City Community Press. Journal, spring Read the full issue here.
See full issue here. How do these communities use public writing for reproductive justice? How might we move discussions of reproductive justice beyond feminist rhetorical lenses? What other lenses—queer, trans, decolonial, networked, legal—might be leveraged for and advantaged by the presence of such discussions?
What does reproductive justice look like in digital spaces? What are the limits and benefits of tackling reproductive threats in these spaces? What interdisciplinary and participatory approaches might help us identify and respond to contemporary reproductive threats? What examples exist in our field that move rhetorical theory towards applicable toolkits and methods guiding public action and advocacy on issues related to reproductive justice?