In this highly readable and provocative book, Thomas Newkirk explodes the long standing habit of opposing abstract argument with telling stories. Newkirk convincingly shows that effective argument is
Newkirk (English, U. of New Hampshire) offers a semi-autobiographical account of the appeal of slow reading, or the essence of taking in the whole meaning of what is read without being rushed. One cha
"Why has no one written about this subject before? Every teacher should read this book." Michael G. Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain Embarrassment. None of us escape it. Especially as kids, in sch
"Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones "is my new favorite book about how to live as a teacher. Finishing it, I experienced what I can only describe as a state of grace-moved, renewed, and gr
