Composing a Community: A History of Writing Across the Curriculum

Edited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Iris Soven Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition Edited by Thomas Rickert and Jennifer Bay Information and Pricing978-1-932559-17-0 (paperback, $29); 978-1-932559-25-5 (PDF, $19.99) © 2006 by Parlor Press. 216 pages, with bibliography and index. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. About This Book Writing across the curriculum is experiencing a renaissance in institutions across the country. People starting or restarting WAC programs will want to read Composing a Community: A History of Writing Across the Curriculum. Composing a Community is not only a history of early WAC programs but also of how the people developing those programs were in touch with one another, exchanging ideas and information, forming first a network and then a community. Composing a Community captures the stories of pioneers like Elaine Maimon, Toby Fulwiler, and others, giving readers first-hand accounts from those wh