Jill LeRoy-Frazier

Composition as Conversation

Theology

“Hoover’s straightforward, accessible approach encourages students to craft their own writing processes by choosing topics that interest them, being actively curious, and listening to others who are also interested (as opposed merely to ‘waiting to talk’ themselves). Drawing on insights from Henry David Thoreau to Jean Rhys to Joan Chittister to Steven Pinker to The Office, Hoover helps equip students to resist mere noise generated in the age of social media by engaging in academic writing as a living conversation that can produce real change for good in the world. Complete with useful exercises and examples of how to put the method into practice, the text makes a significant contribution to first-year composition pedagogy.”