Noise From The Writing Center

Boquet (English, Fairfield University) begins with what others have said about writing centers, dwelling on the clinic and lab metaphors. To this she supplies the metaphor of noise, exploring the relationship between noise and music to hear again what tutors, students, and colleagues have been saying about writing centers. The Rhode Island College is offered as a playful direction toward which tutor education might move. In the chapter, Channeling Jimi Hendrix, Boquet "Noise asks us to consider how and where the writing center echoes throughout the institution....noise positions the writing center as a site of amplification and of feedback rather than merely as a (waste) receptacle...." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)