College English, Vol. 61, No. 3, January 1999

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• Distant Voices: Teaching Writing in a Culture of Technology

  Chris M. Anson

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  Abstract: Describes two ways that teaching and responding to student writing are being pressured by rapidly developing technologies now being introduced into educational institutions. Discusses (1) the increasing replacement of face-to-face contact by "virtual" interaction via multimedia technology, e-mail communication systems, and the recently expanded capabilities of the World Wide Web; and (2) distance education.

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• Writing Bodies: Somatic Mind in Composition Studies

  Kristie S. Fleckenstein

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  Abstract: Discusses the somatic mind, a permeable materiality in which mind and body resolve into a single entity which is (re)formed by the constantly shifting boundaries of discursive and corporeal intertextualities. Addresses its importance in composition studies. Critiques the poststructuralist disregard of corporeality.

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• Being Black at a Predominantly White University

  David L. Wallace and Annissa Bell

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  Abstract: Investigates problems faced by minority students. Examines case studies of African-American men who had finished bachelor's degrees in education or English at a predominantly White university. Reports case study participants' responses to their school experiences.

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• The Public Intellectual, Service Learning, and Activist Research

  Ellen Cushman

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  Abstract: Challenges the recently proposed definition of the public intellectual. States that true public intellectuals (1) combine their research, teaching, and service efforts in order to address certain social issues important to community members in underserviced neighborhoods; and (2) believe in protecting scholarly autonomy through popularizing intellectual work.

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• POEMS

  Dan Campion, Irene O'Garden, Bob Russell

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• REVIEW: Histories of Pedagogy

  John Schilb

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• Reading Poems Before Our Very Eyes

  Catherine Addison

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• COMMENT & RESONSE: TWO COMMENTS ON “SERVICE LEARNING AND ENGLISH STUDIES: RETHINKING ‘PUBLIC’ SERVICE”

  Lazere, Hafer/Schutz and Gere

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