Compares native and nonnative speakers of English and the possible ramifications of these differences for the operations of writing centers. Reviews two recent books and their attempts to fill a need for helpful materials on linguistic diversity and the teaching of writing. (HB)

Focuses on the deep understanding conveyed in two books (Mike Rose's "Lives on the Boundary" and J. Elspeth Stuckey's "The Violence of Literacy") of exactly what is at stake in the literary crisis and how literacy is used to ratify the status quo. Considers their different, but complementary, suggestions about what writing teachers and tutors…

Reviews Pamela Farrell's "The High School Writing Center: Establishing and Maintaining One"--a compilation of articles by writing center directors containing solutions to problems common to most writing centers, whether in the planning stages or fully operational. Concludes that the work is an important reference for writing center directors and…