All readings can be found in this Google Drive folder. I have also linked the individual PDFs below. Always check the Course Schedule page for the most up-to-date list of reading assignments. 

Course Textbook:

Losh, Elizabeth and Jonathan Alexander. Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing. 2nd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017.

Other Readings (listed in order of assignment):

Ramsdell, Catherine. “Storytelling, Narration, and The Who I Am Story.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. vol. 2. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Creative Commons, 2011. Ebook.

Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue.” Threepenny Review, 43 (1990): 7-8. Web. JSTOR.

Anzaldua, Gloria. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Aunt Lute, 2007.

Lessner, Steve and Collin Craig, “‘Finding Your Way In’: Invention as Inquiry Based Learning in First Year Writing.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. vol. 1. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Creative Commons, 2010. Ebook.

Lamott, Anne. “Shitty First Drafts.” Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books, 1994. 21-28. Print.

Carroll, Laura Bolin. “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis.”Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. vol. 1. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Creative Commons, 2010. Ebook. 45-58.

Sommers, Nancy. “The Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Writers.” College Composition and Communication 31.4 (December 1980): 378-388.

Elliott, Justin and Laura Sullivan, “How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes.” ProPublica and NPR. ProPublica.org. 3 June 2015. Web.

Takayoshi, Pamela and Selfe, Cynthia L. “Thinking about Multimodality.” Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Eds.Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc,2007. 1-12. Print.

Lamott, Anne. “Finding Your Voice.” Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books, 1994. Print.