Activist WPA, The : Changing Stories About Writing and Writers / / Linda Adler-Kassner.

One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline...

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Place / Publishing House:Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 2008.
©2008.
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Working from a point of principle
  • Looking backward
  • Framing the public imagination
  • Changing conversations about writing and writers: working through a process
  • Taking action to change stories
  • Working from my own points of principle : Tikkun Olam, prophetic pragmatism, and writing program administration.