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Anyone with the postcard can use it to get the paperback edition of Shaping Rhetorical Studies FOR FREE from Parlor Press via its website. Each postcard has a QR code and 100% discount code. Cards also contain one of 25 unique inspirational words. See the list below.
The book retails for $37.95. You can buy a postcard for $26.57 (a 30% discount). All proceeds are donated to the Rhetoric Society of America General Fund.
Please Note: When you order your postcard(s), you can have the card sent to you personally (to send later as a gift), sent directly to someone you know, or if you'd like the postcard to be given away at RSA 2026 in Portland by an RSA Fellow use this shipping address:
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Information about the Book
SHAPING RHETORICAL STUDIES
The Research of RSA Fellows, with Commentary
Edited by Cheryl Glenn, Richard Leo Enos, and David Blakesley
With a foreword by Andrea Lunsford and Jack Selzer
In paperback. Books will ship on or shortly after 5 June 2026.
A landmark collection of foundational essays selected by Fellows of the Rhetoric Society of America, accompanied by new reflections on the scholarship, pedagogy, and professional practices that have shaped rhetorical studies over the last half century. © 2026 by Parlor Press.
25 Words
Be Curious, Collaborate, Collegiality, Commit, Create, Cultivate, Curate, Delight, Dignity, Elaborate, Engagement, Enjoy, Imagine, Inquire, Intellectual Courage, Invent the Future, Listen, Mentor, Persistence, Portray, Reflect, Resilience, Take Risks, Transmediate, Wonder