I have a confession to make – I seldom read introductions to textbooks. But for some reason I did with The Literature Workshop and was excited to learn that Blau is part of the National Writing Project. I was fortunate enough to be a fellow at the 2005 Summer Institute at the Northern Virginia Writing Project. As I have said before, the experience was life changing and contributed to a complete overhaul of my teaching practices.

The Project is currently accepting applications for the 2008 Institute; please visit their website (NVWP Summer Institute) for more information. They are especially looking for teachers at the college level, so I encourage those of you in the D.A. program to apply.  The Institute counts for six hours of credit toward your degree.