Lexington Books
Pages: 230
Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-0-7391-6710-6 • Hardback • December 2011 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-0-7391-6711-3 • eBook • December 2011 • $122.50 • (£95.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban,
Social Science / Philanthropy & Charity,
Social Science / Volunteer Work,
Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General,
Education / Higher,
Education / Aims & Objectives,
Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving,
Education / Non-Formal Education,
Education / Leadership,
Education / Organizations & Institutions,
Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects,
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies,
Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric,
Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing Industry
Paula Mathieu is associate professor of English at Boston College where she teaches courses in composition pedagogy, nonfiction writing, rhetoric, and homeless literature while also directing the First-Year Writing Program and the Writing Fellows Program.
Steve Parks is associate professor of writing and rhetoric at Syracuse University where he teachers entry and advanced courses in composition theory and practice. He also leads seminars on community publishing and community organization.
Tiffany Rousculp is an associate professor in the English Department at Salt Lake Community College in Utah where she teaches composition, linguistics and sociolinguistics courses.
Chapter 1: Making Writing Accessible to All: The Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers and The FED, by Nick Pollard and Pat Smart
Chapter 2: The Challenges of Circulation: International Networking of Homeless Publications, by Paula Mathieu
Chapter 3: Respect, Writing, Community: Write Around Portland, by Sara Guest with Hanna Neuschwander and Robyn Steely
Chapter 4: Listen to My Story: The Transformative Possibilities of Storytelling in Immigrant Communities, by Mark Lyons
Chapter 5: Oral Histories as Community Outreach: Toward a Deeper Understanding of a Rural Public Sphere, by Laurie Cella
Chapter 6: Unfinished: A Story of sine cera, a Community Publication in Process, by Rachel Meads
Chapter 7: "Here in this Place": Write On! of Durham, North Carolina, by Kimberly Abels, Kristal Moore Clemons, Julie Wilson, Autumn Winters and Mahogany Woods
Chapter 8: Sharing Space: Collaborative Programming Within and Between Communities, by Mairead Case, Annie Knepler, and Rupal Soni
Chapter 9: Katrina in Their Own Words: Collecting, Creating, and Publishing Writing on the Storm, by Richard Louth
Chapter 10: Writers Speaking Out: The Challenges of Community Publishing from Spaces of Confinement, by Tobi Jacobi and Elliot Johnston, with the SpeakOut! Writing Workshop Facilitators and Writers
Chapter 11: "A Bunch of Us Beg to Differ!": Queer Community Literacy and Rhetorics of Civic Pride, by A.V. Luce
Circulating Communities introduces a much needed, new area of scholarship: community publishing. It tackles a question largely ignored by most scholarship on public writing: How do groups—especially marginalized groups—publish and distribute their work? Best of all, it provides clear-eyed analyses of marginalized communities as they struggle to speak publicly and on their own terms. This new focus on circulation and community publishing is a must read for any program that studies or teaches public writing.
— Phyllis Mentzell Ryder, The George Washington University