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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Three articles are reprinted within this volume in revised form: “Composition’s Imagined Geographies: The Politics of Space in the Frontier, City, and Cyberspace” (College Composition and Communication 50 [1998]: 12–35). Copyright © 1998 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission. “Who’s Going to CrossThis Border ? Travel Metaphors, Material Conditions, and Contested Places” (JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory 20 [2000]: 541–64). “Activism and Service Learning: Reframing Volunteerism as Acts of Dissent.” With Donna M. Bickford. (Pedagogy: Critical Approaches toTeaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 2 [2002]: 229–52). My semester in Leeds was made possible by a sabbatical leave from the University of Rhode Island as well as a grant from the Center for the Study of the Humanities at URI. For my office space and library privileges, I thank Graham Clarke, chair of the Leeds School of Geography in 1999–2000, and Joyce Hill and David Lindley of the School of English. I am indebted to Kate Housiaux and Matt Stroh, who gave so much of their time to me. Most importantly, a number of third-year geography students allowed me to interview them and gave me their permission to share their responses. I’ve changed their names, but their voices on tape will be in my head for years to come. Others were in the two streetwork groups who allowed me to tape their collaborative sessions, take notes, and ask questions as they worked. It’s been all too rare in my life to work with students without having to grade them, and the experience was a sheer delight. This book came into being in other rooms besides those in Leeds: the Bachelor Reading Room at Miami University in 1999, where I was invited by the Department of English to give a talk; room 103 Independence Hall for a graduate seminar on rhetoric and geography in the spring of 2001; conference hotel rooms in Denver and Chicago. Everyone who shared those rooms with me has added to the conversation. xi For her friendship and long-standing support of my work, I thank Susan Jarratt—our work on ethos certainly haunts this project. At an opportune moment, Lynn Worsham encouraged me to send her something; her generous and timely invitation resulted in the essay that forms the argument here. John Trimbur, often as an anonymous reviewer, has read more of my work-in-progress than anyone else, and his thoughtful responses are all a writer could ask for. I am also indebted to Joe Harris. The suggestions of all of these people have made this a better book. Other colleagues and friends have encouraged me by word and by example: Jack Selzer, Diana George, Gary Olson, Roxanne Mountford, Nancy Cook, Tom Berninghausen , Libby Miles, Bob Schwegler, Kristen Kennedy, Donna Bickford, Champ and Lisa Starr, and as always, Mary Jean Corbett. Many thanks to those at Southern Illinois University Press—Karl Kageff, Carol A. Burns, and Barb Martin—for their assistance. For any flaws that remain in this project, I accept full responsibility. This book has been written in a loving home and has made me appreciate more than ever the joys of placemaking. Truman and Bentley faithfully follow me up to my study, and Martin keeps all kinds of things growing around here, including me. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xii Geographies of Writing ...

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