Everyone Can Write: Essays Toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing

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Summary: Probably Elbow's best book yet!
Review: Probably Elbow's best book yet. This is a superb book reconciling the often conflicting dimensions of the writing process--public vs. private, high-stakes vs. low-stakes writing, freewriting vs. crafted writing, etc.--so much so that it has virtually eliminated my 15-year-old case of writer's block. Despite its scholarly appearance, this is a supremely *practical* book on the writing process, that attempts to lower the stakes and make writing accessible to all of us, while simultaneously cultivating the ground for excellent writing and thinking. Highly recommended!