Virginia TechHeilker, Paul V.2014-02-282014-02-282006-12Heilker, P. (2006). Twenty years in: An essay in two parts. College Composition and Communication 58(2) 182-212. http://www.jstor.org/stable/204569340010-096Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25790Part I of this essay traces the evolution of my understanding of the exploratory essay as a discursive form and a genre for teaching writing. Part II explores my motivations for advocating a polarized definition of the essay and then concludes with a call to expand the purview of composition beyond first-year courses.en-USIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/20456934