Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

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April 2016

  1. Code-Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance
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    Review of Code-Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance by editors Vershawn Ashanti and Aja Martinez.

    doi:10.59236/rjv15i2pp102-106

September 2015

  1. Reclaiming Poch@ Pop: Examining the Rhetoric of Cultural Deficiency
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    Review of Reclaiming Poch@ Pop: Examining the Rhetoric of Cultural Deficiency by Cruz Medina.

    doi:10.59236/rjv15i1pp103-109
  2. Women, Writing and Prison: Activists, Scholars, and Writers Speak Out
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    Review of Women, Writing and Prison: Activists, Scholars, and Writers Speak Out by editors Tobi Jacobi and Ann Folwell Stanford.

    doi:10.59236/rjv15i1pp96-102
  3. I Hope I Join the Band: Narrative, Affiliation, and Antiracist Rhetoric
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    Review of I Hope I Join the Band: Narrative, Affiliation, and Antiracist Rhetoric by Frankie Condon.

    doi:10.59236/rjv15i1pp110-114

April 2015

  1. Producing Good Citizens: Literacy Training in Anxious Times
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    Review of Producing Good Citizens: Literacy Training in Anxious Times by Amy J. Wan. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i2pp102-108
  2. Working with Multimodality: Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age
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    Review of Working with Multimodality: Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age by Jennifer Rowsell. Routledge, 2013.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i2pp109-116

September 2014

  1. Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference
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    Review of Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference by Stephanie L. Kerschbaum. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2014.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i1pp156-162
  2. Signs And Wonders: Religious Rhetoric and the Preservation of Sign Language
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    Review of Signs And Wonders: Religious Rhetoric and the Preservation of Sign Language by Tracy Ann Morse. Washington DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2014.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i1pp151-155
  3. Artifactual Literacies: Every Object Tells a Story
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    Review of Artifactual Literacies: Every Object Tells a Story by Kate Pahl and Jennifer Rowsell. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i1pp143-146
  4. Scalawag: A White Southerner’s Journey through Segregation to Human Rights Activism
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    Review of Scalawag: A White Southerners Journey through Segregation to Human Rights Activism by Edward H. Peeples. Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2014.

    doi:10.59236/rjv14i1pp147-150

April 2014

  1. Gravyland: Writing Beyond the Curriculum in the City of Brotherly Love
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    Review of Gravyland: Writing Beyond the Curriculum in the City of Brotherly Love, by Stephen Parks. Syracuse University Press, 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv13i2pp106-109
  2. PHD to Ph.D: How Education Saved My Life
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    Review of PHD to Ph.D: How Education Saved My Life by Elaine Richardson. Parlor Press, 2013.

    doi:10.59236/rjv13i2pp101-105
  3. Democracies to Come: Rhetorical Action, Neoliberalism, and Communities of Resistance
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    Review of Democracies to Come: Rhetorical Action, Neoliberalism, and Communities of Resistance, by Rachel Riedner and Kevin Mahoney. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2008. 142 pp.

    doi:10.59236/rjv13i2pp96-100

September 2013

  1. Conquistadora
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    Review of Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago. Vintage, 2011.

    doi:10.59236/rjv13i1pp202-207
  2. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
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    Review of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González and Angela P. Harris. Utah State UP, 2012.

    doi:10.59236/rjv13i1pp195-201

April 2013

  1. Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community
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    Review of Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community by Joe Lambert. 4th edition, Routledge, 2012.

    doi:10.59236/rjv12i2pp127-131
  2. Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics
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    Review of Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics by Phyllis Mentzell Ryder. Lexington Books, 2011.

    doi:10.59236/rjv12i2pp132-135

September 2012

  1. Exit Through the Gift Shop
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    Review of Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by Banksy. Paranoid Pictures 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv12i1pp164-169
  2. Stick ‘Em Up.
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    Review of Stick ‘Em Up, written by Tony Reyes, directed by Alex Luster. Shoot, Edit, Sleep and Stone Kanyon Productions, 2011. http://stickemupmovie.com

    doi:10.59236/rjv12i1pp160-163

September 2011

  1. Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age
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    Review of Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age by Adam J. Banks. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.

    doi:10.59236/rjv11i1pp169-172

April 2011

  1. Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six
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    Review of Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six by Jordan Flaherty. Haymarket Books, 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv10i2pp193-197
  2. Vision, Rhetoric, and Social Action in the Composition Classroom
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    Review of Vision, Rhetoric, and Social Action in the Composition Classroom by Kristie S. Fleckenstein. Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv10i2pp189-192

September 2010

  1. Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement
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    Review of Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement with editors Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser. Utah State Press, 2010.

    doi:10.59236/rjv10i1pp231-235
  2. Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action
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    Review of Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action by Jeffrey T. Grabill. Hampton Press, 2007.

    doi:10.59236/rjv10i1pp236-238

July 2010

  1. The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning
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    Review of The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning by Editors Randy Stoecker and Elizabeth Tryon, with Amy Hilgendorf. Temple University Press, 2009.

    doi:10.59236/rjv9i3pp222-225
  2. Active Voices: Composing a Rhetoric of Social Movements
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    Review of Active Voices: Composing a Rhetoric of Social Movements, edited by Sharon McKenzie Stevens and Patricia Malesh. SUNY Press, 2009. 250 pages.

    doi:10.59236/rjv9i3pp226-229

April 2010

  1. Teaching/Writing in Thirdspaces: The Studio Approach
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    Review of Teaching/Writing in Thirdspaces: The Studio Approach by Rhonda C. Grego and Nancy S. Thompson.

    doi:10.59236/rjv9i2pp223-226

September 2009

  1. Review of Keith Gilyard, Composition and Cornel West: Notes Toward a Deep Democracy. So. Illinois Press. 2008.
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    Review of Composition and Cornel West: Notes Toward a Deep Democracy by Keith Gilyard. So. Illinois Press. 2008.

    doi:10.59236/rjv9i1pp191-194
  2. Kirk Branch. Eyes on the Ought to Be: What we Teach About When we Teach About Literacy. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 216 pages
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    Review of Eyes on the Ought to Be: What we Teach About When we Teach About Literacy by Kirk Branch. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 216 pages

    doi:10.59236/rjv9i1pp195-198

July 2009

  1. Service-Learning in Technical and Professional Communication.
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    Review of Service-Learning in Technical and Professional Communication by Melody Bowdon and J. Blare Scott. New York: Longman, 2003.

    doi:10.59236/rjv8i3pp151-154
  2. Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Public Engagement.
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    Review of Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Public Engagement by Linda Flower. Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.

    doi:10.59236/rjv8i3pp147-150

September 2008

  1. Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies: Activism in the GirlZone
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    Review of Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies: Activism in the GirlZone by Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Albany: State University of New York Press. 2008.

    doi:10.59236/rjv8i1pp327-330
  2. Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing
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    Review of Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing by Louise Dunlap. Oakland, CA: New Village Press, 2007.

    doi:10.59236/rjv8i1pp331-336
  3. The Activist WPA: Changing Stories about Writing and Writers
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    Review of The Activist WPA: Changing Stories about Writing and Writers by Linda Adler-Kassner. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2008.

    doi:10.59236/rjv8i1pp322-326

April 2008

  1. Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics
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    Review of Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics by Elenore Long. Parlor Press, 2008.

    doi:10.59236/rjv7i3pp102-103
  2. From the Garden Club: Rural Women Writing Community.
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    Review of From the Garden Club: Rural Women Writing Community by Charlotte Hogg. University of Nebraska Press, 2006.

    doi:10.59236/rjv7i3pp99-101
  3. Who Says?: Working-Class Rhetoric, Class Consciousness, and Community
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    Review of Who Says? Working-Class Rhetoric, Class Consciousness, and Community by William DeGenaro, editor University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007.

    doi:10.59236/rjv7i1-2pp217-221
  4. Because We Live Here: Sponsoring Literacy Beyond the College Curriculum
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    Review of Because We Live Here: Sponsoring Literacy Beyond the College Curriculum by Eli Goldblatt.Research in the Teaching of Rhetoric and Composition Series. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007.

    doi:10.59236/rjv7i1-2pp208-213
  5. Sine Cera: A Diverse City Writing Series Anthology: Two Old Guys From Brooklyn
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    Review of Sine Cera: A Diverse City Writing Series Anthology: Two Old Guys From Brooklyn by the Salt Lake City, SLCC Community Writing Centre.

    doi:10.59236/rjv7i1-2pp214-216

April 2007

  1. Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives
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    Review of Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives, Edited by James A. Banks. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004

    doi:10.59236/rjv6i1pp190-192
  2. Portraits of Literacy Across Families, Communities, and Schools: Intersections and Tensions
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    Review of Portraits of Literacy Across Families, Communities, and Schools: Intersections and Tensions, Edited by Jim Anderson, Maureen Kendrick, Theresa Rogers, and Suzanne Smythe. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005

    doi:10.59236/rjv6i1pp185-189
  3. Who Reads This Stuff?: A Review of Four Community Studies
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    Review of four books including: Todd DeStigter. Reflections of a Citizen Teacher: Literacy, Democracy and the Forgotten Students of Addison High. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2001. Mark Lyons and August Tarrier, eds. Espejos Y Ventanas/Mirrors and Windows. Philadelphia: New City Community Press, 2004. Lena Sze, ed. Chinatown Lives: Oral Histories from Philadelphia's Chinatown. Philadelphia: New City Community Press, 2004. Mark Salzman. True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.

    doi:10.59236/rjv6i1pp181-184

September 2005

  1. Tactics of Hope: The Public Turn in English Composition by Paula Mathieu.
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    Review of Tactics of Hope: The Public Turn in English Composition by Paula Mathieu. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, Heinemann, 2005.

    doi:10.59236/rjv5i1pp173-180
  2. The Measure of Service Learning: Research Scales to Assess Student Experience
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    Review of The Measure of Service Learning: Research Scales to Assess Student Experience, Edited by Robert G. Bringle, Mindy A. Phillips, and Michael Hudson. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (APA), 2003

    doi:10.59236/rjv5i1pp173-175

December 2004

  1. Couldn’t Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
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    Review of Couldn’t Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution. HarperCollins, 2003. Hardback, $24.95, Paper $13.95

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp188-192
  2. The Soul Knows No Bars: Inmates Reflect on Life, Death, and Hope
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    Review of The Soul Knows No Bars: Inmates Reflect on Life, Death, and Hope by Drew Leder, et al.New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2000. Paperback $22.95. Hardcover $23.95.

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp186-188
  3. Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison
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    Review of Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison by Paula C. Johnson. New York: NYU Press, 2004. Paperback $19.00.

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp194-196
  4. Wall Tappings: An International Anthology of Women’s Prison Writings 200 to the Present
    Abstract

    Review of Wall Tappings: An International Anthology of Women’s Prison Writings 200 to the Present, Second edition, ed. by Judith A. Scheffler, foreward by Tracy Huling. New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2002. 329 pp., $18.95

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp192-194
  5. Marking Time: Letters from Jean Harris to Shana Alexander
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    Review of Marking Time: Letters from Jean Harris to Shana Alexander by Jean Harris. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1991

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp185-186
  6. Sing Soft, Sing Loud
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    Review of Sing Soft, Sing Loud by Patricia McConnel. Flagstaff, AZ: Logoria Books, 1995.

    doi:10.59236/rjv4i1pp196-198