Composition in the Twenty First Century

Lynn Z. Bloom is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Aetna Chair of Writing at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. She is an author or editor of numerous books, including Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical, Composition Studies as a Creative Art, and The Essay Connection. Her essay ""(Im)Patient,"" which appears in this collection, was named a Notable Essay of 2005 in Best American Essays.