Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing" by R. Joseph Rodríguez (@escribescribe). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

R. Joseph Rodríguez is a literacy educator and researcher in the Texas Hill Country. He is the author of Enacting Adolescent Literacies across Communities: Latino/a Scribes and Their Rites (Lexington Books, 2017), Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations (Routledge, 2019), and several academic articles and book chapters. Joseph has taught English and Spanish language arts in public schools, community  colleges, and universities across the country. His areas of research include children’s and young  adult literatures, language acquisition, and socially responsible biliteracies. Currently, Joseph is a teacher educator at St. Edward’s University in the Division of  Graduate and Professional Studies in Austin, Texas. He is coeditor of English Journal, a  publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. In addition, Joseph serves as a  consultant in secondary public schools. Joseph enjoys cooking, hiking, kayaking, storytelling, and traveling with the love of his  life and their cantankerous canine, Maxwell. Contact Joseph via Twitter @escribescribe. (2021 bio)

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