Compositionists have in recent years begun, in a mode similar to the ethical, social and Sophistic turns of recent decades, the collective project of mobilizing the discipline to hold in greater esteem the cataclysmic situations of public concern unfolding in front of our eyes. We need only examine the evening news … Continue reading When Worlds Speak: Apocalypse, Composition, Critique
Month: April 2017
Apocalyptic Turn/Sparking Change
And just like that, the Spring semester has flown by and will soon give way to the joys of summer. Before we end, however, I'd like to take some time to outline the final capstone project I'm assigning to my first-year writing students to end our time together and draw everything to a cohesive close: … Continue reading Apocalyptic Turn/Sparking Change
The Space We Occupy
My sister Andrea has spent the morning researching our family's roots in Germany, Switzerland and France, in turn educating me on the interesting findings she's uncovered. As it turns out, our family occupies a not-so-small bit of space in the world. Here's a bit of what she's shared: Firstly, a direct ancestor of ours opened … Continue reading The Space We Occupy
A Blast From the Past
I've been reading a lot recently on literacy narratives, chronicles of time and transformation in which writers reflect on their past experiences reading, writing and communicating in conversation with others. I'm intrigued with what I might find myself writing were I to begin a literacy narrative project, especially considering my literacy, as it stands, is only just … Continue reading A Blast From the Past
Jacob Richter 