Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All USU Press Publications USU Press 2002 English Composition as a Happening Geoffrey Sirc Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs Part of the Rhetoric and Composition Commons Recommended Citation Sirc, Geoffrey, "English Composition as a Happening" (2002). All USU Press Publications. 134. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/134 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the USU Press at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All USU Press Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ENGLISH COMPOSITION AS A HAPPENING ENGLISH COMPOSITION AS A HAPPENING GEOFFREY SIRC UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS Logan, Utah I would like to acknowledge the generous support of David Taylor, Dean of the General College, and Terry Collins, Director of Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota, towards the completion of this book. They have made the General College a very exciting place to work. ISBN 0-87421-463-7 (E-BOOK) Utah State University Press Logan, Utah 84322-7800 Copyright © 2002 Utah State University Press All rights reserved. “Never Mind the Tagmemics, Where’s the Sex Pistols?” was originally published in College Composition and Communication, 48: 1. Copyright © 1997 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted by permission. An early version of “Writing Classroom as A&P Parking Lot” and parts of “English Composition as a Happening II” were published in Pre/Text, 14: 1–2 (1993) and 15: 3–4 (1994), respectively. Grateful acknowledgment to Victor Vitanza.