Comp Tales

by Richard Haswell, Min-Zhan Lu

Comp Tales is an engaging collection of the stories that college writing teachers tell and retell in the classroom, in the hallway, over the tutor's table, in committee rooms, on street corners, over the kitchen table. The book also contains reflections about the tales written by the storytellers, as well as serious discussion about the role of story-telling in composition by the editors. This book is a unique, compelling introduction to composition for new teachers.

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2007

Reviews

[Lizzie Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious at times, poignant at others. Essentially, it is a collection of stories from composition instructors that illustrate the highs and lows of teaching writing. This gave me so much insight into how to approach teaching college freshman and helped me change my approaches to some of my students. Good one.