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Parks, Stephen J. – College English, 2009
The author discusses his experience in a university project that led to the creation of a first-year writing text based on interviews with members of a local neighborhood. In particular, he analyzes the negative reaction that many of the community's residents expressed toward the text's portrayals of them. From the tensions that developed, the…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, English Instruction, Interviews, Writing Instruction