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American Campus Podcast
Developmental editing for scholarly writers with Laura Portwood-Stacer
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On making our academic writing a little more reader friendly.
References mentioned this episode:
- Laura Portwood-Stacer. 2025. Make Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers. Princeton University Press.
- Laura Portwood-Stacer. 2021. The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors. Princeton University Press.
- LauraPortwoodStacer.com
- Manuscript Works Newsletter
- Elizabeth Wayland Barber. 2024. Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years. W. W. Norton.
- Charles C. Mann. 2006. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (2nd edition). Penguin Random House.
- Kenneth L. Feder. 2025. Native America: The Story of the First Peoples. Princeton University Press.
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