We Need to Talk

Michael Theune is Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA.Bob Broad is Professor of English at Illinois State University, USA.

• Foreword to We Need to TalkIntroduction: Show Your Work!Chapter 1: Opening the Doors to Inquiry              Chapter 2: The Contemporary American Poetry Editorial Review (C.A.P.E.R.) Investigation—A PDCM Case StudyChapter 3: A Chorus of Voices Reflecting on the C.A.P.E.R. ProjectChapter 4: Promising Applications of and Futures for Poetry Dynamic Criteria MappingChapter 5: Do It YourselfAppendixesReferencesBiographical notes on authors

Theune and Broad boldly draw from criteria mapping in composition studies to offer a deeper understanding of how we judge and value poems. Applicable from undergraduate classrooms to editorial boards of literary journals, this book asserts an ethical and aesthetic responsibility in our role as evaluators of poetry and contributes to positively shaping the landscape of contemporary poetry. This is a terrific addition to the New Writing Viewpoints series.