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Released one week from today, I tried to write the book I wish existed when I first started teaching writing. It reflects 20 years of writing and teaching writing. In a lot of ways, it's the book I feel like I was put on Earth to write. amazon.com/Writers-Practi…
The Writer's Practice is the best I could do capturing what I think matters when it comes to helping students engage in worthwhile challenges that will help them develop as writers. I left it all on the field. Couldn't have written it even 3 years ago. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/t… 
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities is a manifesto, a declaration of what I think is going wrong, and how we could make it right. The Writer's Practice is my attempt at a pedagogical blueprint to realize that vision penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/t…
I've designed The Writer's Practice as a blueprint for teachers and students with sufficient room for alterations as they work together to build the house. It's a book of writing experiences that can be adjusted for audience and occasion. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/t…
My hope is that The Writer's Practice gets into the world of classrooms, teachers and students use it, and it becomes a tool for ongoing experimentation. It is not a fixed curriculum. It's a set of values about what matters in writing embodied in assignments.
Why They Can't Write is no silver bullet for writing instruction. It's a non-prescriptive approach to embodying the "writer's practice." It's a jumping off spot, not the destination. But I do think it's a pretty good jumping off spot. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/t…
I dream of future editions informed by the lived experiences of teachers and students with this version of The Writer's Practice. I'm excited to have teachers working with it on the ground. It's been mine alone for a long time. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566892/t…
