Reviews for Rescuing the subject

The average rating for Rescuing the subject based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-09 00:00:00 John Conrad Bryce Horner and Min-Zahn Lu provide a strong theoretical/critical text about basic writing's contingency to "other" students and misrepresent their abilities, identities, and words within a basic writing classroom. Primarily a critique of Mina Suaghnessy, author of Errors and Expectations, as well as the principal figurehead in starting Basic Writing at CUNY during Open Admissions back in the 1970s, Writing the "Other" is informative of how pedagogues like Sayghnessy's are more problematic than they may appear initially. This said, my principal critique of this book comes from a 50 page essay written by Min-Zahn Lu. Both Horner and Lu are fantastic writers whose words are charged with ideas, but this one particular essay by Lu seems more esoteric than the others, relying largely on the reader having background knowledge of the critics involved within her critique. This said, I can still say I enjoyed the book overall, even if I feel like that one section could have been presented differently.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-08-11 00:00:00 Frankie Coyner I loved this book...of course, because it talks of that personal connection with writing--the reflection, the possibility, the invitation. Barbara Kamler does a great job of expanding upon how we traditionally see writing, while sharing her journey, and the intersecting lives along her journey.