<p>James Lang shares about his latest book, Write Like You Teach, on episode 583 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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<h2>Quotes from the episode</h2>
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<p>Answers on their own are not interesting. They become interesting when we know the questions behind them.
-James Lang</p>
<p>When you take a reader on a journey, as the reader works through an essay or book that you&#8217;ve written, they spend a lot of time with you.
-James Lang</p>
<p>Be attentive to the person that you are on the page to the reader.
-James Lang</p>
<p>Start right now. That&#8217;s the most important thing.
-James Lang</p>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
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<li><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo244910035.html">Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience</a> by James M. Lang</li>
<li><a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/james-m-lang/distracted/9781541699809/">Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It</a> by James M. Lang</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Small+Teaching%3A+Everyday+Lessons+from+the+Science+of+Learning%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781119755548">Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning</a> by James M. Lang</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674724631">Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty</a> by James M. Lang</li>
<li><a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/mcp/the-greek-way/">The Greek Way</a> by Edith Hamilton</li>
<li><a href="https://www.susanorlean.com/author/books/the-orchid-thief/">The Orchid Thief</a> by Susan Orlean</li>
<li><a href="https://www.aft.org/ae/fall2020/willingham">How Can Educators Teach Critical Thinking?</a> by Daniel T. Willingham (American Educator)</li>
<li><a href="https://jamesmlang.com/">James M. Lang’s official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.susanorlean.com/">Susan Orlean’s official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview">Scrivener</a>, a popular writing and revision tool for long-form projects</li>
<li><a href="https://www.oupress.com/9780806194967/the-opposite-of-cheating/">The Opposite of Cheating</a> from the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series (University of Oklahoma Press)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.oupress.com/search-results-grid/?series=teaching-engaging-and-thriving-in-higher-ed">University of Oklahoma Press – Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.defendpublishlead.com/coaches/christine-tulley/">Christine Tulley</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780593653111">The Sirens&#8217; Call: How Attention Became the World&#8217;s Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/proust-and-the-squid-the-story-and-science-of-the-reading-brain-maryanne-wolf/15548247?ean=9780060933845&next=t">Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf</a></li>
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