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Review Article| January 01 2020 Why Johnny Can (and Should) Write Essays: A Case for an Essay-centric Writing Curriculum Crafting Presence: The American Essay and the Future of Writing Studies. By Wallack, Nicole B.Utah State University Press, 2017. 230 pages. Jenny Spinner Jenny Spinner Jenny Spinner is associate professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where she teaches creative nonfiction and journalism and serves as director of the writing center. Her essays and essay criticism have appeared in Fourth Genre, Brevity, Writing on the Edge, Pedagogy, and Assay, and on NPR’s All Things Considered, among others. She is the author of Of Women and the Essay: An Anthology from 1655 to 2000 (2018) and coauthor, along with her twin sister Jackie Spinner, of Tell Them I Didn’t Cry (2006). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2020) 20 (1): 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-7879206 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jenny Spinner; Why Johnny Can (and Should) Write Essays: A Case for an Essay-centric Writing Curriculum. Pedagogy 1 January 2020; 20 (1): 185–191. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-7879206 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press2020 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Review You do not currently have access to this content.
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