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Peter Elbow

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Peter Elbow is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is best known for his work in writing theory, practice, and pedagogy.

Elbow is the author of several books, including Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching (Oxford UP, 1986), Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process (Oxford UP, 1981), Writing Without Teachers (Oxford UP, 1973), and his most recent, Being A Writer (McGraw-Hill, 2002). He pioneered the practice of "freewriting" in these books, a practice now widely taught in English classes.

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Books by Peter Elbow

Average rating: 3.77 · 348 ratings · 49 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process 3.64 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Writing Without Teachers 3.80 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Everyone Can Write: Essays Toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Community of Writers: A Workshop Course in Writing by Peter Elbow, Patricia Belanoff 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sharing and Responding by Peter Elbow, Patricia Belanoff 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	What Is English? 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Being a Writer: A Community of Writers Revisited by Peter Elbow, Patricia Belanoff 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	My rating:
	A Community of Writers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	My rating: