Books promising to teach how to play the guitar have been around since forever. They show how to hold one’s fingers on the neck of a guitar in order to play familiar songs. The trouble is that new ...

A captain stands on the deck of his ship, gripping the wheel. The seas are growing unsettled. The wind is starting to pick up and occasionally a gust rips through that gets beneath the collar and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support ...