Jim W.Corder on Living and Dying in West Texas

Jim W. Corder will be remembered by students and colleagues at Texas Christian University for his writing, teaching, and original thinking. He was one of the most influential composition

specialists of his generationahis Handbook of Rhetoric went through numerous editions, becoming a classroom staple nationwideayet he gave his final years to the afourth genrea of creative nonfiction. His numerous publications include Lost in West Texas (1988), Chronicle of a Small Town (1989), and Yonder: Life on the Far Side of Change (1992).