Issue 16
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Rhetoric in Transition
2013

"Our field has a long tradition of resisting monolithic canons by opening up scholarly research to include previously ignored texts, systems, and subjects—'basic' writers, feminist and non-Western rhetors, community literacy initiatives."

—Jessica Yood, “A History of Pedagogy in Complexity: Reality Checks for Writing Studies”
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Articles

President George W. Bush signing Military Commissions Act of 2006

Arguing for Torture: Using Articulation Theory to Understand George W. Bush’s Military Commissions Speech

Greg Wilson
Near the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, George W. Bush revealed a Central Intelligence Agency program that secretly detained and interrogated suspected terrorists using “alternative procedures.” The announcement sparked debate over whether the practices violated U.S. law, international law, and the Geneva Conventions.
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Between the Classroom, the Page, and the Profession: The Value of the Hybrid Essay in Graduate-Level Learning

Tara Lockhart, Jennifer Saltmarsh, and Galin Dent
We wanted to know how writing that is messier, that spills over the boundaries of traditional academic discourse—writing that is difficult, less predictable, yet more explicitly situated—helped us as students and teachers to write our way in, across, and through our lives and disciplines, to connect and navigate, to proceed amidst the uncertain circumstances and competing forces of a culture seemingly at odds with our work and our ideals.

Reviews

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Review of 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas, Casey Raes, Mark Sample, and Noah Vawter,

Published June 22, 2013

Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas, Casey Raes, Mark Sample, and Noah Vawter, 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, MIT Press, 2012, 309 pages, ISBN: 9780262304573

Coauthors
Chris Lindgren, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Review of Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition by Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth

Published March 6, 2013

Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition, Southern Illinois University Press , 2010, 192 pages, ISBN: 9780822961079

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Coauthors
Hannah J. Rule, University of Cincinnati
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Review of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies by Jacqueline Jones Royster and Gesa E. Kirsch

Published November 5, 2013

Jacqueline Jones Royster and Gesa E. Kirsch, Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies , Southern Illinois University Press , 2012, 200 pages, ISBN: 9780809330690

Coauthors
Julie D. Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee