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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrines a right that is unique to free societies—a right to write, speak, and publicly gather as part of an obligation to engage in the civitas of a society.  The Right to Write: College Communication and The First Amendment explores the history of speech freedoms and provides easy-to-apply strategies for students in a wide range of college-level writing courses, supported by challenging case studies (called “Things to Think About, Talk About, Write About”) that are based on past and current free expression controversies.  Students in courses ranging from first-year writing to advanced writing to introductory professional writing to civic learning and writing-cross-the-curriculum will find themselves enabled to express their ideas with logic and power.  Instructors and writing program directors will find a resource that not only teaches their students how to write but also encourages them to embrace the responsibility of expressing themselves well.  Written in an accessible style, The Right to Write is a book about thinking as much as about writing—an invitation to engage in the “marketplace of ideas.”

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