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Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Welcoming our text’s author to discuss their work is an essential part of this shared intellectual experience. When we ask tough questions, consider what’s at stake for all involved, and listen to one another respectfully, we can develop our own positions and ideas about the world and participate in an academic community. ![]() The dialogue we develop around the challenging themes that define our community texts unifies our students and faculty in an intellectual experience. The Writing Studies Program and the Campus Store will also sponsor an essay contest to honor writing inspired by the community text. You and your classmates will discuss the book and write about it in your College Writing class. To set the stage for your first year here at AU, we have chosen a book that we call our “community text” for you to read before you arrive in August. Professor Isaac Bailey’s Why Didn’t We Riot? A Black Man In Trumpland ![]()
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