Wallack, Nicole B., authorUtah State University Press, publisher2017-06-022017-06-022017http://hdl.handle.net/10217/181143Includes bibliographical references and index.Wallack illuminates the most important quality of the essay as a literary form: the writer's 'presence'. She demonstrates how accounting for presence provides a flexible and rigorous heuristic for reading that can help teach students not just writing skills, but writing practices.--Provided by publisher.The genre of presence -- Historical thinking in essays: crafting presence in the company of ghosts -- Error and illumination: crafting reading presences -- Crafting a self made of images in essay -- Learning the essay.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)Essay -- Authorship -- Study and teaching (Higher)Crafting presence: the American essay and the future of writing studiesTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.