The composition of a life in composition / Barbara Kroll -- Hearing voices: L2 students' experiences in L2 writing courses / Ilona Leki -- On the question of power and control / Pat Currie -- Notes toward a theory of second language writing / William Grabe -- Does second language writing theory have gender? / Diane Belcher -- For Kyla: what does the research say about responding to ESL writers / Lynn Goldstein -- Research methodology in second language writing research : the case of text-based studies / Charlene Polio -- Fourth generation writing assessment / Liz Hamp-Lyons -- Instructional strategies for making ESL students integral to the university / Trudy Smoke -- Advanced EAP writing and curriculum design: what do we need to know? / Joy Reid -- Critical pragmatism: a politics of L2 composition / Sarah Benesch -- The place of politics in second language writing / Terry Santos -- Second language writing and second language acquisition / Joan Carson -- Dangerous liaisons: problems of representation and articulation / Carol Severino -- The difficulty of standards, for example in L2 writing / Alister Cumming.