Constructing a Free-Range Writerly Identity

By Jo-Anne Kerr

I had recently retired after a thirty-nine-year career teaching English in high school and a public university. As a professor of English, I was expected not only to teach but also to engage in scholarship and service. My scholarship included conference presentations, articles for professional journals, and editing two books, for which I wrote lengthy introductions. This writing could be arduous, but I enjoyed engaging in a kind of conversation with peers about topics that ...