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Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays

Juanita Rodgers Comfort

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This article asserts that personal essays by black feminist writers such as June Jordan might be used to teach first-year and advanced student writers how to connect their personal and social identities in ways that will enhance the rhetorical impact of their writing while transcending mere confession or self-indulgence.

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Key concepts: Sociology, Feminism, Literature, Gender studies, Art