Basic Writing As a Political Act: Public Conversations About Writing and Literacies

by Linda Adler-Kassner, Susanmarie Harrington

An empirical study of basic writing in the contemporary academy. It examines perceptions of in-school writing and how basic writing programmes have been created and maintained by drawing on basic writing syllabi and programmes in different American colleges and universities.

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First published January 1, 2002