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Published: Sep 8, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2688-9595.2023.4.1.31-51
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Community Identity Individuality Vulnerability Impostor Phenomenon Teaching Pleasure

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Troy Andrews
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3580-9190
Cameron Becker
Mary Gilmore
Steve Lively
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7631-8901
Elizabeth Osifalujo
Deborah Mix

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A conversation between five students and a faculty member, this article explores the experience of writing as a graduate student. Areas of conversation include tensions between being students, writers, and teachers; individuality and vulnerability; and writing in/as community. 

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): Writers: Craft & Context
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