“I hope teachers of every description take the time to sit down and absorb this book’s important lessons. You'll become a more engaging writer.”
— Jane Friedman, author of "The Business of Being a Writer"
“Write Like You Teach is a welcome, original, and engaging book. Lang uses examples from the classroom and his own experiences, encouraging us to maintain our scholarly identity while learning how to reach a wider audience. I know of no other book quite like this one; it has helped me and will help many other academics.”
— Joli Jensen, author of "Write No Matter What"
“Writing is like teaching, a kind of structured working out of ideas in the presence of others, whether those others are implied or sitting right in front of you. In Write Like You Teach, Lang draws upon a lifetime of thinking about teaching and, with characteristic generosity, shows us how we might better understand that big classroom we call the page.”
— William Germano, author of "On Revision"
"By a serendipitous quirk, James M. Lang’s books tend to appear when they are most needed. In this case, Write Like You Teach surfaces at a moment when sociology in the United States reckons with its impotence in the broader political ideological narrative. Lang’s book, aimed at teacher-scholars who work in higher education, is a resource for those who recognize the importance of engaging with a public audience as both a vocation and a scientific necessity. Write Like You Teach argues that the teaching skills sharpened in classrooms are the same skills needed to write effectively for a generalist public audience. Scholars must acknowledge that translating scientific research to the broader public in books is as necessary as student learning. Lang’s Write Like You Teach provides the motivation and tools to translate academic research into public-facing monographs."
— Teaching Sociology
"The best book I’ve ever seen for showing academics how to translate their current skills and practices to another audience and purpose. I’m excited by this book because we need as many academics as possible putting their voices into the world, not just because they have so many interesting and worthwhile things to say as individuals, but because it also helps remind everyone about the value of institutions where this kind of work happens."
— Inside Higher Ed