[Teaching_Composition] New @ CompPile: Recent Books and Reviews

[Richard Haswell]

Jeff,

We just haven't yet got around to working up SIUP's relevant books yet. It's
the same reason other major presses don't yet appear on the page: Cambridge
UP, NCTE, Lang, Multilingual Matters, Open UP, Hampton, etc. Eventually they
all will.

Rich


On 9/18/07 11:04 AM, "J.Rice" <ricejr@missouri.edu> wrote:

> 
> Hi Glenn
> 
> Any reason why you are not including SIUP books?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Glenn Blalock wrote:
>> For those who missed our initial announcement last month:
>> 
>> This summer the WPA listserve had a discussion about the difficulties of
>> keeping up with the literature in the field. The discussion included the
>> wish that new books would receive more reviews more promptly. We promised to
>> establish a CompPile feature that would address these concerns.
>>  
>> We now have a start:  two sections, both with buttons on the CompPile
>> homepage (http://comppile.tamucc.edu/).
>> 
>> One section, "New/Recent Books," lists publications for 2006 or 2007. Books
>> are categorized by publishing house for ease of browsing, with an
>> alternative listing by author.  This list is still in progress. The lists
>> from publishers that are currently represented (such as Utah State UP,
>> Routledge, Boynton/Cook Heinemann, Erlbaum, Greenwood Press, Jossey-Bass,
>> etc.) are, we hope, complete for composition, technical writing, ESL,
>> rhetorical studies, and discourse analysis. Other presses (Bedford/St.
>> Martin, Longman, NCTE, Hampton, etc.) will appear as we get them done. Wešre
>> hoping that the publishers will help us update their lists. The page also
>> has a link for viewers to submit titles of books that wešve missed, or books
>> hot off the press.
>>  
>> The other section is "Reviews @ CompPile." This allows users to submit
>> reviews or notices of any of the books listed in "New/Recent Books," and to
>> respond or supplement reviews already submitted. Wešre not looking for
>> full-fledged review essays, but any description of the contents of a book
>> that will help readers get a sense of it.  For edited collections, readers
>> might choose to share a review of one or two of the essays in the collection
>> without feeling compelled to offer a review of the entire collection.  In
>> other words, we envision many ways that this feature might be useful.  Do
>> you have a new book at hand? Fifteen minutes describing the contents or
>> approach or usefulness or unique qualities will help the rest of us get a
>> sense of it.
>>  
>> Take a look at these pages, add your bit, and help get this professional
>> service rolling.
>> 
>> Rich and Glenn
>> 
>> 
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