About this Journal
The Best Text Collection is one way the Writing Program (WP) works to highlight and circulate texts created by University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) students for writing courses at all undergraduate levels. Texts are reviewed and prepared for publication by graduate writing instructors, further deepening the WP focus on mentoring teachers of writing on inclusive pedagogical practices by extending these practices to graduate level instruction.
Published annually, each issue presents projects created for any Writing, Identity, & Power (ENGLWRIT111), College Writing (ENGLWRIT112/112H), or Junior Year Writing courses written by current UMass Amherst undergraduate students.
Students interested in submitting their work should visit the WP's Best Text Contest page.
Volume 4 • 2023
111: Writing, Identity, and Power
Whispers of A Young Writer: Influence of My First Childhood Novel
Tanush Santosh Deshpande
2023-06-21 Volume 4 • 2023
112/112H: College Writing
Importance of Intersectionality in Discussions of Menstrual Injustice and Period Poverty in the United States
Olivia Soolman
2023-06-21 Volume 4 • 2023
Preserving the World’s Truths Letter to the United Nations’ Secretary General
Anna Lin
2023-06-21 Volume 4 • 2023
COVID-19 and Racism: A Dual Pandemic and the Mental Health of Asian American Youth
Nina Lei
2023-06-21 Volume 4 • 2023
Trout Fishing in Massachusetts: How to Support Sustainable Fishing
DJ Chase
2023-06-21 Volume 4 • 2023