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I thought that Gordon Harvey's piece "Presence in the Essay" (published 
several years ago in College English, I think) had some useful things to 
say about voice. It's available via JStor at 
http://www.jstor.org/view/00100994/ap020421/02a00020/0

Jo-Anne Andre
U of C

Margaret Procter wrote:

> Peter Elbow is always readable, and he has written on writing plus 
> both voice and power. An excerpt from Writing with Power might suit 
> the course you mention.
>
> Can we retire Orwell on Politics / English Language? The odd and 
> self-contradictory voice there frightens and discourages many 
> students, though some get the point Orwell intended.
>
> I hope students also read each other's writing -- papers written in 
> response to good assignments and showing that ordinary people do have 
> something to say and can say it with power and voice if given a chance 
> and some coaching. That's surely the case in a course with such 
> diversity. It would be more inspirational than reading about writing.
>
> Margaret Procter
> U of Toronto
>
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>> I've been asked to suggest some readings on 'writing and voice' 
>> and/or 'writing
>> and power' for students to read in a course on 'skills' in our Social 
>> Work
>> program.  I don't know much about the course, but I have been working 
>> with
>> instructors in SOWK, so far on formulating good assignments.  Their 
>> rapidly
>> expanding program has students ranging in age from 17 to 40+, and is 
>> very
>> diverse.  The writing problems are legion meaning, I gather, that only a
>> minority of the students are able to submit a coherent and relatively
>> well-written paper sans plagiarism. I think the course in question is 
>> being
>> designed to encourage students to take their writing seriously and 
>> work at
>> improving it. (I've not seen the outline, however).
>>
>> I am grateful for your suggestions.
>> Leslie Sanders
>> York U
>>
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