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 > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/