For too long, colleagues have taught side by side but avoided conversations about what we know in common or can learn from each other about writing and writers. We have let administrative and historical boundaries stand in the way of companionship and mutual support in the difficult task of teaching students and investigating discourses, genres, and writing practices. Eli Goldblatt will share some ideas he’s been considering in a project he calls Lit to Lit: Literacy and Literature in Conversation.  Participants are free to read his recent article, “Imagining the Local: William Carlos Williams, John Dewey, and Community Literacy”—Eli will briefly summarize the Lit to Lit project but move quickly to small group discussions among participants about what common ground we have for productive conversation. 

This talk is sponsored by the First Year Writing Program at Temple University, and no registration is required to attend.