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Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing/ much like the modelmade famous by Wendy Bishop's “The Subject Is . . .” series. In eachchapter/ authors present their unique views/ insights/ and strategies forwriting by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing ontheir own experiences/ these teachers-as-writers invite students to joinin the larger conversation about developing nearly every aspect of thecraft of writing. Consequently/ each essay functions as a standalonetext that can easily complement other selected readings in writing orwriting-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing/ how to interpret writing assignments/ motives for writing/ rhetorical analysis/ revision/ invention/ writing centers/ argumentation/ narrative/ reflective writing/ Wikipedia/ patchwriting/ collaboration/ and genres.