Prominence of Publications

I'm thinking about how Murray's position in the field changed over the years and how this position is reflected by the placement of his work within the journals where he published his work. So, I note:

Murray, Donald. "Finding Your Own Voice: Teaching Composition in an Age of Dissent."CCC 20.2 (May 1969): 118-23. NOT LEAD (first article in major journal)

Note: This issue of the journal does contain the "Staffroom Interchange" section. Murray's work is not included in this section. It is in the main section of the journal. Editor: William Irmscher. Theme: "The Hopes and Dilemmas of Junior College Teaching."

Murray, Donald. "The interior view: One writer's philosophy of composition." CCC 21.1 (1970): 21-26. LEAD ARTICLE (FIRST TIME)

No Front Material to speak of; Don is in the regular section of the journal (no Staffroom Exchange).

Fisher, Lester A., Donald M. Murray. "Perhaps the professor should cut class." CE 35.2 (1973): 169-173. NOT LEAD

No Front Material to speak of.

Murray, Donald. "Write Before Writing." CCC 29.4 (Dec. 1978): 375-81. NOT LEAD

Note: This issue of the journal does contain the "Staffroom Interchange" section. Murray's work is not included in this section. It is in the main section of the journal. Editor: Edward P.J. Corbett (editorial assistant: Robert J. Connors).

Murray, Donald. "The Listening Eye: Reflections on the Writing Conference." College English 41.1 (1979): 13-19. NOT LEAD

No Front Matter of note.

Murray, Donald M. "Teaching the Other Self: The Writers' First Reader." CCC 33.2 (May, 1982): 140-147. LEAD ARTICLE

Note: The following is from the editor, Richard L. Larson. It's interesting to note the way that Murray's work in positioned within the work of these other scholars, not separate from it.

The May issue of CCC features a group of essays on ways of judging writing and of responding to students' writing...The cluster on judging and commenting upon writing begins with Donald Murray's suggestion that writers be encouraged to develop an "other self" to evaluate their own writing. Nancy Sommers follows with suggestions about the kinds of comments that teachers might make on students' essays; C. H. Knoblauch and Lil Brannon urge that, in making comments, teachers not take over the essays from their students. Marilyn Sternglass draws from the work of Andrew Wilkinson a model for a searching evaluation of students' writing along many more dimensions than we customarily examine. Susan Miller concludes the cluster by discussing the role played by self-evaluation in writers' composing processes and in the development of their ability as writers. (139)

Murray, Donald M. "Writing and Teaching for Surprise." College English 46.1 (1984): 1-7.LEAD ARTICLE

No Front Material to speak of.

Murray, Donald M. "One Writer's Secrets." College Composition and Communication 37.2 (May 1986): 146-153. LEAD ARTICLE (see note below from editor)

From the editor, Richard Larson, of the CCC 37.2 issue, in his "Editor's Note":

Most of the items in the May issue are concerned, broadly speaking, with matters of "scholarship"and "research." The subject is approached from different perspectives: that of the faculty member carrying on and seeking outlets for his or her scholarship; that of the researcher trying to keep abreast of our field; that of the teacher considering how texts try to embody some of the fruits of research; that of the teacher trying to help students learn to conduct research. But all the items look at steps in what may usefully be viewed as a single, extended process: that of gathering, embodying, disseminating, organizing, and applying knowledge--about or for writing.

To begin, Donald Murray offers guidance to scholars in our field about how to draft and complete scholarly (and other) essays. Then, for those who have followed Murray's advice or have developed their own strategies, Chris Anson provides us all with a list of journals, in several fields, that publish writings about rhetoric and composition. (145).

Murray, Donald M. "Rehearsing Rehearsing." Rhetoric Review 5.1 (1986): 50-56. NOT LEAD

No Front Matter to speak of.

Murray, Donald. "All Writing is Autobiography." CCC 42.1 (Feb., 1991): 66-74. NOT LEAD (see note below)

It's interesting to note that this article was published in the "Staffroom Interchange" section of CCC. I would also point out that this issue of CCC was a themed issue. The theme: "Teaching and Theory in College Composition." It's hard not to conclude that what Murray is talking about in his article does not constitute their sense of "teaching and theory" in college composition. According to the editor at this time, Richard C. Gebhardt,

Two kinds of articles make up "Staffroom Interchange": compact descriptions of specific instructional or administrative practices and fuller essays of application, speculation, and introspection. "Staffroom Interchange" essays (normally under 3,500 words) should be written in a direct, personal style and may use either in-text documentation or a compact works-cited list. Since submissions are sent to Consulting Readers for review, authors should follow the guidelines for anonymous submission outlined on the back of the title page. (66)