In Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics, Phyllis Mentzell Ryder aims to complicate the “real public vs. private service” binary (12) that often circulates in discussions of public writing and service-learning, arguing that to “best study and teach the complexities of public writing, we should partner with multiple community nonprofits” (11). Drawing heavily from her own teaching experiences, Mentzell Ryder expertly weaves together theory and practice to offer teachers and scholars a detailed text of praxis for public writing courses.
A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric