Martha,
   Thanks for the heads-up. Ordering the book is easy. Thanks to Don for
keeping this alive. Some of us have been waiting a long time.

Craig>

Dear ATEGers,
>
> If you attended ATEG this past July, you saw and heard Don Stewart
> discuss Francis Christensen's "Notes Toward a New Rhetoric: Six
> Essays for Teachers," first published in 1967. The essays were
> reprints of wonderful articles Christensen had written for College
> English and 4Cs.  Two of them "A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence"
> and  " A Generative Rhetoric of the Paragraph" were especially
> influential at a time when the writing process was just getting
> underway.  He told his readers that "we do not really teach our
> captive charges to write better--we merely expect them to." And then
> he showed us how to teach them.  I learned so much about crafting
> sentences and paragraphs from him. And everything I know about
> restrictive/nonrestrictive punctuation and absolute phrases came from
> his chapters on those two subjects!
>
> The second edition of "Notes" came out in 1978, after his death. His
> wife, Bonnijean, added three more essays. But "Notes Toward a New
> Rhetoric: Nine Essays for Teachers" has been out of print for several
> decades.
>
> Until now.
>
> In July Don explained that he had acquired the rights to the work
> from Bonnijean. And thanks to Don, this wonderful book is now
> available again.  He had it printed by Booklocker, a POD (print on
> demand) publisher.
>
> It's available from them:  www.booklocker.com
>
> Just put in the title: Notes Toward a New Rhetoric" and click "buy
> paperback." I should tell you that you'll find a Martha blurb on the
> back cover.  And it's a nice cover, indeed.
>
> And speaking of ATEG, I hope that you will make plans to join us this
> coming summer at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon--just a few
> miles from my hometown!  If you've been thinking about a Western
> vacation, this is your chance! I've already made my airline
> reservations.  The dates of the conference are July 11-12 (with a
> minicourse on the 9th and 10th.)  Watch for registration information
> in the ATEG Newsletter.
>
> Martha
>
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