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Books

Faigley, Lester. The Penguin Handbook. 3rd ed., New York: Longman, 2009.

Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook. 3rd ed., New York: Longman, 2009.

Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2009.

Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2009.

Faigley, Lester. Backpack Writing. New York: Longman, 2008.

Faigley, Lester. Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond. New York: Longman, 2007.

Faigley, Lester. The Little Penguin Handbook. New York: Longman, 2007.

Faigley, Lester, Diana George, Anna Palchik, and Cynthia Selfe. Picturing Texts. New York: Norton, 2004. (New York Book Show Merit Award)

Faigley, Lester. The Longman Guide to the Web. New York: Longman, 2000.

Faigley, Lester. Fragments of Rationality. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1992. (MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize, CCCC Outstanding Book Award)

Faigley, Lester, Roger Cherry, David Jolliffe, and Anna Skinner. Assessing Writers' Knowledge and Processes of Composing. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1985.

Witte, Stephen, and Lester Faigley. Evaluating College Writing Programs. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1983.

Chapters in Books

Faigley, Lester. "Literacy After the Revolution.” Views from the Center: The CCCC Chairs’ Addresses 1977-2005. Ed. Duane Roen. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. 298-312.

Faigley, Lester. "Epilogue: The Road Ahead.” Culture Shock and the Practice of Profession: Training the New Wave in Rhetoric and Composition. Ed. Virginia Anderson and Susan Romano. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2006. 385-88.

Faigley, Lester. “Rhetorics Fast and Slow.” Rhetorical Agendas: Political, Ethical, Spiritual. Ed. Patricia Bizzell. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006. 3-9.

Faigley, Lester. "The Challenge of the Multimedia Essay." Composition Studies in the New Millennium. Ed. Lynn Z. Bloom, Donald A. Daiker, and Edward M. White. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 2003. 174-87.

Faigley, Lester. "Understanding Popular Digital Literacies: Metaphors for the Internet." Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics. Ed. John Trimbur. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 2001. 248-63.

Faigley, Lester. "Veterans' Stories on the Porch." History, Reflection and Narrative: The Professionalization of Composition, 1963-1983. Ed. Mary Rosner, Beth Boehm, and Debra Journet. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1999. 22-37.

Faigley, Lester. "Material Literacy and Visual Design." Rhetorical Bodies. Ed. Jack Selzer and Sharon Crowley. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1999. 171-201.

Faigley, Lester. "Beyond Imagination: The Internet and Global Digital Literacy." Passions, Pedagogies, and 21st Century Technologies. Ed. Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe. Logan: Utah State UP, 1999. 129-39.

Faigley, Lester, and Susan Romano. "Going Electronic: Creating Multiple Sites for Innovation in a Writing Program." Resituating Writing: Constructing and Administering Writing Programs. Ed. Joseph Janangelo and Kristine Hansen. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1995. 46-58.

Faigley, Lester. "Street Fights over the Impossibility of Theory: A Report of a Seminar." Writing Theory and Critical Theory. Ed. John Clifford and John Schilb. New York, MLA, 1994. 212-35.

Faigley, Lester. "Subverting the Electronic Workbook: Teaching Writing Using Networked Computers." The Writing Teacher as Researcher: Essays in the Theory and Practice of Class-Based Research. Ed. Donald A. Daiker and Max Morenberg. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1990. 290-311.

Faigley, Lester. "The Problem of Topic in Texts." The Territory of Language. Ed. Donald McQuade. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1986. 123-41.

Faigley, Lester. "Nonacademic Writing: The Social Perspective." Writing in Nonacademic Settings. Ed. Lee Odell and Dixie Goswami. New York: Guilford, 1985. 231-48.

Faigley, Lester. "Performative Assessment of Writing Skills." Sentence Combining: A Rhetorical Perspective. Ed. Donald A. Daiker, Andrew Kerek, and Max Morenberg. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1985. 175-86.

Faigley, Lester. "What is Good Writing? Views from the Public." The English Language Today: Public Attitudes Toward the English Language. Ed. Sidney Greenbaum. Oxford: Pergamon, 1985. 99-105.

Faigley, Lester, and Stephen Witte. "Measuring the Effect of Revisions on Text Structure." New Directions in Composition Research. Ed. Richard Beach and Lillian Bridwell. New York: Guilford, 1983. 95-108.

Faigley, Lester, and Stephen Witte. "Topical Focus in Technical Writing." New Essays in Technical Writing and Communication: Research, Theory, Practice. Ed. Paul V. Anderson, Robert J. Brockmann, and Carolyn R. Miller. Farmingdale, NY: Baywood, 1983. 59-68.

Articles

Faigley, Lester. "Writing Centers in Times of Whitewater." Writing Center Journal 19 (1998): 7-18.

Faigley, Lester. "Literacy After the Revolution." College Composition and Communication 48 (1997): 30-43. Rpt. in Literacy Theory in the Age of the Internet. Ed. Todd Taylor and Irene Patterson Ward: New York: Columbia UP, 1998. 3-16. PDF

Allen, Julia, and Lester Faigley. "Discursive Strategies for Social Change: An Alternative Rhetoric of Argument." Rhetoric Review 14 (1995): 142-72. PDF

Faigley, Lester. "Yours for the Revolution (probably Pepsi, but never mind)." Journal of Advanced Composition 14 (1994): 593-96.

Faigley, Lester. "The Left in New Times." PRE/TEXT 13 (1992): 37-56.

Faigley, Lester. "Judging Writing, Judging Selves." College Composition and Communication 40 (1989): 395-412. Rpt. Landmark Essays on Voice and Writing. Ed. Peter Elbow. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1994. PDF

Faigley, Lester. "The Study of Writing and the Study of Language." Rhetoric Review 7 (1989): 240-56. PDF

Faigley, Lester. "Competing Theories of Process: A Critique and a Proposal." College English 48 (1986): 527-42. Rpt. in Rhetoric and Composition: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Writers. Ed. Richard L. Graves. 3rd ed. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1990. 38-53; Rpt. in Background Readings. Ed. Glenn Blalock. New York: St. Martin's, 1994; Rpt. in Landmark Essays on Writing Processes. Ed. Sondra Perl. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1994. PDF

Faigley, Lester, and Kristine Hansen. "Learning to Write in the Social Sciences." College Composition and Communication 36 (1985): 140-49. PDF

Faigley, Lester, and Paul Meyer. "Rhetorical Theory and Readers' Classifications of Text Type." Text 3 (1983): 305-25.

Faigley, Lester, and Thomas Miller. "What We Learn from Writing on the Job." College English 44 (1982): 557-69; Rpt. in Perspectives on the Profession of Technical Communication. Ed. Madeline Flammia. Orlando: Society for Technical Communication, 1994. PDF

Faigley, Lester, and Stephen Witte. "Analyzing Revision." College Composition and Communication 32 (1981): 400-14. Rpt. in An Anthology/Sourcebook for College Writing Teachers. Ed. James C. McDonald. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1996. PDF

Witte, Stephen, and Lester Faigley. "Coherence, Cohesion, and Writing Quality." College Composition and Communication 32 (1981): 189-204. Rpt. in Rhetoric and Composition: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Writers. Ed. Richard L. Graves. 2nd ed. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook, 1984. 186-206. Rpt. in Cross Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader. Ed. Victor Villanueva. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1997. 213-31. PDF

Faigley, Lester, John Daly, and Stephen Witte. "The Role of Writing Apprehension in Writing Performance and Competence." Journal of Educational Research 75 (1981): 16-21.

Faigley, Lester. "Names in Search of a Concept: Maturity, Fluency, Complexity, and Growth in Written Syntax." College Composition and Communication 31 (1980): 291-300. PDF

Interviews with Faigley

Taylor, Todd. "CCCC, Difference, and Electronic Literacies: Interview with Lester Faigley." Composition Studies 22 (1994): 47-64.

"The Writing Teacher as Researcher: A Conversation with Lester Faigley." Issues in Writing 4 (1992): 122-37.

Nonfiction Travel

Faigley, Lester. "Nepal Diary: Where the Global Village Ends." North Dakota Quarterly 57.3 (1989): 106-29. Listed in "Notable Essays of 1989," The Best American Essays 1990. Ed. Justin Kaplin. New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1990. 304.