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How Many American Dialects Could There Possibly Be? (We’ll Tell You.)

*Co-written with Elliot Crumpley. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) held a workshop on October 3 focusing on American dialects. To this you might ask…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

A New Tutor’s Introduction to the SNL

As a new member of the Writing Groups team—and a new tutor to boot—I was mystified by all the acronyms and new vocabulary I encountered during my…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

In Praise of Online Appointments

As a new tutor with the UCWbL, my appointments so far have been either in person or via email.  In both cases, I’ve felt in control of…

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New Media Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Expressing Yourself in Political Writing

To some extent, getting people riled up is the goal of political writing.  Opinions and discussions should be exciting, forceful, and most of all, persuasive.  You want…

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Outreach and Events Research Writing about Writing

Why Can’t Shakespeare Go to Jail?: Thoughts on Literature Banned from American Prisons

Banned Books Week is an annual time to recognize and contemplate the “objectionable” literature in America: texts that sects of society have deemed morally, religiously, sexually, racially,…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

‘Good English’ : Why Must It Be So Gray?

I led my first official handful of face-to-face appointments this past week and was surprised at how many of my peers were concerned with grammar usage in…

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New Media Writing about Writing

How Important Is Popular Culture to the Contemporary Writer?

How important is knowledge of popular culture to the contemporary writer? Is popular culture knowledge something we should actively pursue, or something we accumulate without effort as…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

#whyiwrite

After receiving Monday’s email from the Outreach Team, I hope all UCWbLers are just as excited as we are for the upcoming third annual National Day on…

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Writing about Writing

UCWbLers as Editors: A New Frontier in DePaul Faculty and Staff Writing Assistance

As a tutor part-way into my third year at the UCWbL, I have given written feedback on many documents: about 45 of them, according to a quick…

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Writing about Writing

Writers Guild Shindig for National Day on Writing!

Greetings all! As some of you may know, the National Day on Writing is rapidly approaching. We’ve got a lot of great things planned. Who’s sponsoring this…