Saying and silence: listening to composition with Bakhtin
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Abstract
If there is a single, guiding assumption that underwrites these essays, it is that within the dialogues we commence with our students, our publics, and ourselves, there is ample warrant for hope-hope that through the words we share, the world we share likewise can be revised to include more voices, can be reimagined as a meeting place where, in Terry Eagleton's phrase, people feel less helpless, fearful, and bereft of meaning.