Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Pivotal Strategies Introduction 3
5. Section 1 Kairos and Opportunity
6. Interlude One Kairos and Opportunity 21
7. 1 Political, Personal, and Pedagogical Imperatives 23
8. 2 Through the Eyepiece (and Body) of a Long Past 44
9. 3 Strategizing Disciplinarity, Disciplinary Strategies 61
10. 4 Embracing Failure 76
11. Section II Negotiations and Resilience
12. Interlude Two Negotiations and Resilience 103
13. 5 Claiming and Being Claimed by Writing Studies 105
14. 6 From Pell Grants to Tenure Track 131
15. 7 Finding Resilience in Writing Studies on the United States-Mexico Border 148
16. Section III Allegiance and Identification
17. Interlude Three Allegiance and Identification 165
18. 8 Being the Only one 167
19. 9 Literacy and Disciplinarity 182
20. 10 Cognitive Dissonance 195
21. 11 Writing into Inclusion from the Margins 207
22. Section IV Conclusion
23. Embodying Stories 229
24. Index 239
25. About the Authors 255