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Letters to the editor and responses to articles are strongly encouraged. www.compositionstudies.tcu.edu Direct all correspondence to: Editor, Composition Studies Department of English Texas Christian University TCU Box 297270 Fort Worth, TX 76129 Phone: 817-257-6895 Fax: 817-257-6238 Email: [email protected] Composition Studies is grateful for the generous support of the TCU Department of English and the AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences. ©Copyright 2007 by Brad E. Lucas and Carrie Leverenz, Editors ISSN 1534-9322 com po si tion STUDIES Volume 35, Number 2 Fall 2007 ARTICLES MEREDITH LOVE 11 COMPOSING THROUGH THE PERFORMATIVE SCREEN: TRANSLATING PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTO WRITING PEDAGOGY MARY M. REDA 31 RE-SEEING RESISTANCES: TELLING STORIES SALLY CHANDLER 53 FEAR, TEACHING COMPOSITION, AND STUDENTS’ DISCURSIVE CHOICES: RE-THINKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EMOTIONS AND COLLEGE STUDENT WRITING CHARLOTTE BRAMMER 71 PEER REVIEW FROM THE STUDENTS’ AND MARY REES PERSPECTIVE: INVALUABLE OR INVALID? ESSAY LYNN Z. BLOOM 87 MENTORING AS MOSAIC: LIFE AS GUERILLA THEATER COURSE DESIGN MARK SUTTON 101 ENGLISH 4090: COLLABORATIVE WRITING AT WORK BOOK REVIEWS SHEVAUN E. 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RICHARDSON AND RONALD L. JACKSON II 8 Composition Studies coommppo o ssii tiionon SSTTUUDD IIESES Advisory Board Linda Adler-Kassner Paul Heilker EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY Tom Amorose SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY James Inman UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Chris Anson UNIVERSITY COLLEGE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Laura Micciche Valerie Balester UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Peggy O’Neill Robert Brooke LOYOLA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN Peter Vandenberg Sidney Dobrin DEPAUL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Victor Villanueva Ann George WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Reviewers All essay submissions are reviewed blind by two external readers; those listed below are members of the active reader pool. We thank them for their critical contributions to scholarship in the fi eld. Linda Adler-Kassner Cathy Gabor Laura Rose Micciche Tom Amorose Lynee Lewis Gaillet Susan Miller Chris Anson Alice Gilliam Clyde Moneyhun Valerie Balester Maureen Daly Goggin Roxanne Mountford Patricia Belanoff Angela González Gerald P. Mulderig Patricia Bizzell Lorie Goodman Joan A. Mullin Bill Bolin Heather Brodie Graves Marshall Myers Darsie Bowden Roger Graves Jasper Neel Collin Brooke Nancy Grimm Gerald Nelms Robert Brooke Paul Hanstedt Jon Olson Nancy Buffi ngton Dana Harrington Peggy O’Neill Beth Burmester Cynthia Haynes Derek Owens Paul Butler Paul Heilker Irvin Peckham MaryAnn Cain Carl Herndl Louise Wetherbee Phelps Carol Clark Anne Herrington Donna Qualley Jennifer Clary-Lemon TyAnna Herrington Ellen Quandahl Lisa Coleman Brooke Hessler Thomas Recchio James Comas Charlotte Hogg Rebecca Rickly Juanita Rodgers Comfort Bruce Horner Kelly Ritter William Condon Rebecca Moore Howard Katherine Ronald Thomas Deans Sue Hum Randall Roorda Jane Detweiler Brian Huot Blake Scott Ronda Leathers Dively Rebecca Jackson Ellen Schendel Sidney Dobrin T. R. Johnson Carol Severino Donna Dunbar-Odom Martha Kruse Wendy Sharer Lisa Ede bonnie kyburz Steve Sherwood Lynnell Edwards Mary Lamb Sarah Sloane Janet