author:  Juanita Rodgers Comfort
title:   Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays
volume:  51.4
date:    June 2000
page(s): 540-559
type:    article

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Abstract
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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