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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