Genre Across the Curriculum

Wisconsin Bookwatch, May, 2005

Genre Across The Curriculum

Anne Herrington & Charles Moran, eds.

Utah State University Press

78 Old Marin Hill, Logan UT 84322-7800

0874216001 $24.95 1-800-239-9974

Collaboratively compiled and expertly edited by Anne Herrington (Professor and Chair of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and Charles Moran (Professor of English, emeritust, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Genre Across The Curriculum is an anthology of essays addressing issues of academic writing as taught in college courses nationwide. Intended especially for teachers, Genre Across The Curriculum includes models of genre theory and practice, descriptions of teachers who have incorporated genre teaching into their pedagogy, a keen-eyed look at courses involving writing among a wide range of disciplines, and much more. Individual essays discuss topics ranging from using genre to teach academic writing to ESL students in the humanities ("I Was Just Never Exposed to This Argument Thing"), what genre theory can tell us of writing history, writing in emergent genres, and much more. A thoughtful, detailed, and at times technical anthology and a welcome contribution to academic theory and instruction shelves concerning writing.