I was a science kid in high school; I loved physics and mathematics. When I learned my senior year that I was assigned to the English teacher with a reputation as the most rigorous in school, I ...

At the start of each semester, I ask students in my writing classes at Allan Hancock College, working together in groups of four or five, to make a list of the 10 best ways they can think of to ...

Ways of knowing start from vantage points. With shifts come the opportunity to witness and to repair. How can we amend, to begin to see, feel and listen to what has been previously overlooked, or ...

In January, I’ll teach another version of my favorite class, “Creative Critical Writing,” a graduate writing workshop dedicated to exploring diverse techniques for writing about—and with, next to or ...

In Critical Thinking and Writing, students probe the ways that reading and writing are related at fundamental levels. They consider how writing is an intellectual activity that helps them to interpret ...

As a founder, you’re in a perpetual state of persuasion. Selling a ground-breaking product, sharing a novel idea, or boosting your team’s morale–all demand the power of persuasive writing. Here are ...

Question: The only standard advice I have received about the writing sample for job applications is: “Stay within the page limit.” But surely there is better advice than that. And how much leeway ...

Fundamentally interested in reviews that "test and expand the reviewer’s own intellectual commitments—theoretical, architectural, and political—through the work of others", the AR will publish new ...

Writing samples are a commonly required component when applying for jobs that heavily feature writing. That makes complete ...