Below are roundtable reviews of Lynne Truss' popular grammar text Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Gotham, 2003). This book has been somewhat of a literary sensation, staying on the New York Times bestseller list through much of 2004.  To order Truss' book and also see some reviews of her work, we recommend
 
One of the following 'Grammar Central' reviews will also be submitted for review and publication in the Language Arts Journal of Michigan.

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Ignorance Was Bliss:  Lynne Truss, You Opened Our Eyes … And May Have Ruined Our Lives
(Editor: Jan Miller; Contributors: Bryce Cameron, Andrea Gottschalk, Brandy Stone, and Melanie Yard)

Letters to Lynne Truss: Perspectives on Grammar, Teaching, and Building Tolerance
(Editor: Paula Fox; Contributors: Stacey Huisingh, Candace Blankenship, Lauren Haapala)

Lynne Truss: Grammar-Nazi or Patron Saint?
(Editor: Valerie Mickley; Contributors: LaToya Hilliard, Jackie Shurmack, Rachel Bennett, Amanda Martin)

But, Should We Truss Her? The Practicality of Eats, Shoots & Leaves Within the Secondary Classroom
(Editor: Marc Van Soest; Contributors: Alison Pushie, Emily Hallman, Ellen Waisanen)

Punctuation Prowess: Lynne Truss' Pedagogical Power in Eats, Shoots & Leaves
(Editor: Amanda O'Neil; Contributors: Mike Murray, Laurel Powell, Christin Davis)

We gratefully acknowledge that the format for our roundtable reviews were inspired by those often seen in the journal Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Language, Literature, Composition, and Culture