Wendy Bishop

Suddenly Sexy: Creative Nonfiction Rear-ends Composition

The personal essay is built on an individuals thoughtful, unhurried reflection on certain experiences that seem to have an interesting significance, and upon the development of a prose style that makes possible the projection of the quality of mind of the person setting out those reflections. It is precisely not the kind of essay likely to be produced by an assignment-due in a week-to a class of undergraduates unaccustomed to leisurely reflection on anything. Wendell Harris (939)

The subject is writing : essays by teachers and students

In this unique compilation of essays, Bishop brings together the voices of teachers and students to affirm that the content of writing classrooms is the work that these individuals do together.

Against the Odds in Composition and Rhetoric.

This chairs address to the 52nd Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2001, draws on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins to explore and celebrate a life in composition. Acknowledging institutional fatigue, I outline possibilities for individual renewal, particularly through the process of mentoring new members. Ending with a convention poem, I invite readers to compose their own.