Critical analysis of the literacy narrative assignment within the context of the other genres in a basic writing course complicates understandings of the political import of the assignment. While several advocates of the literacy narrative have argued that it has the power of what Jean-François Lyotard has called petits récits, the authors argue…

This article discusses basic writing pedagogy at a two-year tribal college, an institution type that has not been visible in the basic writing literature to date. In many tribal college contexts, socioeconomic challenges, under-resourced K-12 schools, and linguistic diversity all contribute to high student placement rates into…

Discusses the shortcomings in graduate instruction in the teaching of composition and the lack of data suggesting a prototype for a full course of study. Argues that skills in literary analysis, placed in the appropriate perspective, have the strongest potential for creating the best teachers in writing. (HTH)

Presents a narrative using the metaphors of "hard" and "soft" to raise and discuss questions about pedagogy and the institutional settings of college writing instruction. Analyzes transformations that have occurred in the author's teaching practices in relation to the feminization of composition and an "ethic of care." (SG)

Describes a program for writing across the curriculum that involves English majors tutoring students in other disciplines. (HTH)

Tells how the author combines the study of metaphors and individual words in writing assignments about Shakespeare's plays and other works of literature. (RL)