October 14, 2019
Monstering the Essay
This is the second in a series, Adventures in Composition and the Essay. Last year I taught a hybrid creative writing class and a monster-themed composition class at Fordham. My […]
September 12, 2019
Adventures in Composition and The Essay
This is the first in a series, Adventures in Composition and the Essay. Since I’m teaching the most composition courses I’ve ever taught in a single semester (three), I have […]
March 5, 2019
Gertrude Stein’s “Composition as Explanation”
The title of Gertrude Stein’s essay, “Composition as Explanation,” ostensibly contradicts her literary scheme of raising form to the level of content. The name seems to imply that this piece […]