The Elements of Inclusive Style

A Welcoming & Practical Guide for People Who Write

Arriving January 19, 2027

This essential resource offers a practical framework for effective writing built on four enduring principles:

accountability, clarity, specificity, and humanity.

With research-backed strategies, useful illustrations, and personal examples, this book provides concrete tools for making informed choices and meaningful connections with words.

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“Conversational and scholarly in equal measures, The Elements of Inclusive Style immerses the reader in ways and reasons to write inclusively, with plenty of examples to chew on. Required reading for intentional writers.”
— Karen Yin, author of The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers

Advance Praise for
The Elements of Inclusive Style

“The practical and compassionate guidance in this book will help you make a broader impact with your work. It’s exactly the style guide we need today.”
— Anne Janzer, author of The Writer’s Process
“You might not know it, but you’re reading what could be our country’s next banned book….The Elements of Inclusive Style is not a work that tells us we’re failing, but how, as writers and educators, we possess the tools … to draw the most vulnerable and marginalized people our way.”
— Paul David Adkins, author of Flying over Baghdad with Sylvia Plath
“This book will soon become a go-to resource for experienced writers as well as a tremendous foundational text for mass communications and English students.”
— Steve Bien-Aimé, Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Journalism & Mass Communications
“An invaluable resource for anyone who wants to produce more engaging, more inclusive, and more effective writing.”
— Suzanne Wertheim, Ph.D., author of The Inclusive Language Field Guide