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composition studies composition STUDIES PAID Special Issue: On 1963 U.S. Postage Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 2143 Permit Ft. Worth, TX 76129 Ft. Worth, ARTICLES Reproductions of (Il)Literacy: Gay Cultural Knowledge and First-Year Composition Pedagogy John Goshert Writing Classroom as Factory Geoffrey Sirc “Totally, Tenderly, Tragically”: Godard’s Contempt and the Composition Qu’il y Aurait (that Might Have Been) bonnie lenore kyburz Publishing in ‘63: Looking for Relevance in a Changing Scene Thomas Reynolds COURSE DESIGN English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications: “Rhetorical Theory, Mass Media, and Public Discourse” Teresa Grettano volume 36 number 1 BOOK REVIEWS Asao B. Inoue, Cassandra Parente, Glen McClish, Arabella Lyon, Beth Burmester, Heather Russel, Renee Love, Steven Pearlman, Kyle Jensen, Brenda Glascott, Jenn Fishman Composition Studies Department of English Christian University Texas 297270 TCU Box TX 76129 Worth, Fort Spring 2008 Volume 36, Number 1 Announcing the new, third edition of the MLA Style Manual standard guide for and Guide to graduate students, Scholarly Publishing scholars, and teachers 3rd edition in the humanities “A standard guide for scholarly style.” —Library Journal Reorganized and revised, this new edition of the MLA Style Manual o ers complete, up-to-date guidance to writing and docu- menting scholarly texts, preparing them for publication, submitting them to publishers, and dealing with complex legal issues. Previ- ous editions sold more than 140,000 copies. 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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 field. 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 Buffington 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 Carey Eldred Joe Law Donna Strickland Michele Eodice Donna LeCourt Jennifer Trainor Heidi Estrem Neal Lerner Peter Vandenberg Helen Rothschild Ewald John Logie Deirdre Vinyard Christine Farris Min-Zhan Lu Kathleen Welch Linda Ferreira-Buckley Andrea Lunsford Nancy Welch Sheryl Fontaine Harriet Malinowitz Rosemary Winslow Helen Fox Tim Mayers Lynn Worsham Tom Fox Lisa McClure Janet Zepernick Christy Friend Dan Meltzer Member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals composition Volume 36, Number 1 STUDIES Spring 2008 Editor Advisory Board Brad E. 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Lucas, Editor ISSN 1534-9322 www.compositionstudies.tcu.edu composition Volume 36, Number 1 STUDIES Spring 2008 ARTICLES Reproductions of (Il)Literacy: Gay Cultural Knowledge and First-Year Composition Pedagogy 11 John Goshert Writing Classroom as Factory 29 Geoffrey Sirc “Totally, Tenderly, Tragically”: Godard’s Contempt and the Composition Qu’il y Aurait (that Might Have Been) 39 bonnie lenore kyburz Publishing in ‘63: Looking for Relevance in a Changing Scene 57 Thomas Reynolds COURSE DESIGN English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications: “Rhetorical Theory, Mass Media, and Public Discourse” 69 Teresa Grettano BOOK REVIEWS Machine Scoring of Student Essays: Truth and Consequences, edited by Patricia Freitag Ericsson and Richard Haswell 91 Asao B. Inoue The Locations of Composition, edited by Christopher J. Keller and Christian R. Weisser 95 Cassandra Parente Rhetoric and the Republic: Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America, by Mark Garrett Longaker 99 Glen McClish Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, by Bill Marsh 102 Arabella Lyon The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book, edited by Christina Murphy and Byron L. Stay 106 Beth Burmester Can It Really Be Taught? Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, edited by Kelly Ritter and Stephanie Vanderslice 109 Heather Russel Whistlin’ and Crowin’ Women of Appalachia: Literary Practices Since College, by Katherine Kelleher Sohn 112 Renee Love Engaged Writers and Dynamic Disciplines: Research on the Academic Writing Life, by Chris Thaiss and Terry Myers Zawacki 114 Steven Pearlman Relations, Locations, Positions: Composition Theory for Writing Teachers, edited by Peter Vandenberg, Sue Hum, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon 117 Kyle Jensen Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education, edited by Bronwyn T. Williams 121 Brenda Glascott “What about Rose?”: Using Teacher Research to Reverse School Failure, by Smokey Wilson 124 Jenn Fishman CONTRIBUTORS 129 ANNOUNCEMENTS 131 Editor’s Note The essays in this issue emerged from a two-part panel presentation, “1963: the Origins of Modern Composition,” at the CCCC convention in New York, NY, March 21-27, 2007. However, the contributors to this issue of Com- position Studies do more than simply add to our origin stories; instead, they draw on 1963 to challenge what we know and move us forward