Andrea Abernethy Lunsford, who has taught every level from 7th grade through Ph.D., is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English, Emerita, at Stanford University. The Director of Stanford’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric from 2000 to 2013, she is also editor, author or co-author of two dozen books, including Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors; Reclaiming Rhetorica; Everything’s an Argument; Everyone’s an Author, Let’s Talk, and the forthcoming Norton Anthology of Rhetoric and Writing. Awards include the MLA’s Mina Shaughnessy Prize, the Conference on College Composition and Communication award for best article, and the CCC Exemplar Award. She is currently working away in her quiet study on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and thinking of students and teachers of writing everywhere.