Courses: folklore in Appalachia today (folkloristics), rhetorics of the body (disability studies, material rhetoric, and more), teaching the humanities (teaching assistantship for a graduate-level "expository writing for research" course) Every book after spot 6 is selected by formal instructor for student reading in teaching course Every book after spot 15 is used only in short excerpts
Fall '23 Class Readings Unlisted
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Making Our Future by Emily Hilliard
5 stars
Drawing from her work as state folklorist, Emily Hilliard explores contemporary folklife in West Virginia and challenges the common perception …
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Folklore Rules by Lynne S. McNeill
5 stars
Folklore Rules is a brief introduction to the foundational concepts in folklore studies for beginning students. Designed to give essential …
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Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
3 stars
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to …
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4 stars
National Book Award Finalist - Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch …
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Rhetorical Bodies by Sharon Crowley, Jack Selzer, Carole Blair, and 13 others
What significance does the physical, material body still have in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning? How do …
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Keywords for Disability Studies by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, David Serlin (Keywords, #7)
3 stars
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability Studies
Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the …
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The Well-Crafted Sentence by Nora Bacon
5 stars
What makes a sentence strong? Nora Bacon’s The Well-Crafted Sentence: A Writer’s Guide to Style demystifies grammatical concepts and stylistic …
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Elements of Style by Richard De A'Morelli
"This updated and expanded book is a 'must-have' desktop reference for writers and others who wish to produce a grammar-perfect …
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The Elements of Style Grammar Workbook by Richard De A'Morelli
"If you are reading The Elements of Style for an academic course or to improve your writing, this companion workbook …
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Air & Light & Time & Space by Helen Sword
4 stars
From the author of Stylish Academic Writing comes an essential new guide for writers aspiring to become more productive and …
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which …
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The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and 2 others (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
3 stars
"With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations …
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Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison
2 stars
"How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . …
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Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
3 stars
Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated …
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Line by Line by Claire Kehrwald Cook
4 stars
The essential guide for all writers. With over 700 examples of original and edited sentences, this book provides information about …
