* New to this edition To the Instructor To the Student Alternative Rhetorical Table of Contents About the Editors PREVIEW: Reading, Writing, Viewing, Internet The Habit of Close Reading Becoming a Better Writer Writing and Thinking Writing on the Computer Visual Literacy: Word and Image Writing Workshop: Starting a Journal 1. INITIATION: Growing Up American Visual Literacy: CANDID PHOTOGRAPHY: Rainy Day Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman *Sandip Roy-Chowdhury, Interpreter of the Second Generation Garrison Keillor, Born among the Born Again Susan J. Miller, My Father’s Other Life *Adriana Barton, Growing Up Hippie Sandra Cisneros, Mericans (Short Story) FORUM: Generation 1 1/2 Caroline Hwang, "The… Good Daughter" Nguyen Louie, "A Daughter’s Story" (Student Essay) *Kevin Janda, Culture as a Two-Way Street (Student Essay) Mara Joseph, On Being White Writing Workshop 1: Drawing on Your Experience 2. SCHOOL: Learners and Institutions Visual Literacy: POSTER ART: The Next Generation Mike Rose, Going to School in East L.A. *Jeff Zorn, My Daughter, Child #008458743 *Thad Williamson, Bad As They Wanna Be *Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall A Day in the Life of a Lab Rat Michael J. Sandel, Marketers Are Storming the Schoolhouse Stanford Report, Electronic Communication May Aid Social Interaction (Newsletter) Nell Bernstein, Learning to Love Louise Erdrich, Indian Boarding School: The Runaways (Poem) FORUM: Free to Worship *Visual: Jefferson’s Virginia Declaration Emily Lesk, My 60-Second Protest from the Hallway Loretta Johnson, Prayer Isn’t Always Allowed Niles Elliot Goldstein, My Online Synagogue *Writing Workshop 2: From Reading to Writing 3. INVENTING AMERICA: Diversity and Community Visual Literacy: COMMITTED PHOTOGRAPHY: Americanos Anna Quindlen, The Mosaic vs. the Myth *Richard Rodriguez, Notes from a Changing America Ana Veciana-Suarez, A Place Where We Belong Arturo Madrid, Diversity and Its Discontents Jeremiah Creedon, The Spiritually Diverse Society Daniel J. Boorstin, Why I Am Optimistic about America Chitra Divakaruni, Indian Movie, New Jersey (Poem) FORUM: Redeeming Past Injustice Matthew Kauffman, The Day the Slaves Got Their Way Cynthia Tucker Jefferson, Hemings Affair Can’t Be Denied Suzan Shown Harjo, I Won’t Be Celebrating Columbus Day *Writing Workshop 3: Exploring Internet and Non-Print Sources 4. IDENTITY: Rethinking Race Visual Literacy: IMAGE AS DOCUMENT: Alabama Department Store Zora Neale Hurston, How It Feels to Be Colored Me *R.W., Success Bought at High Cost Miriam Schulman, Affirmative Action or Negative Action David Bernstein, Mixed like Me Fox Butterfield, Why They Excel *Noy Thrupkaew, The Myth of the Model Minority Alice Walker, Everyday Use (Short Story) FORUM: Educating about Race Richard Cohen, Our Children Are Our Future--Unfortunately They’re Bigots Patricia Smith, The Tiny, Brown Professor Joan Ryan, Home Truths about Race Cynthia Tucker, Double Standard on Drug Sentences Writing Workshop 4: Pushing Toward a Thesis 5. ROLES: Constructing Gender Visual Literacy: CULTURE WATCH: What Meets the Eye *Lisa M.Krieger, Few Women Pick Computer Science Ruth Conniff, The Joy of Women’s Sports Im Jung Kwuon, Facing Down Abusers *Anjula Razdan, What’s Love Got to Do with It” *Sue Hutchison, The New Momism Robert Bly, The Community of Men Walt Whitman, A Glimpse (Poem) FORUM: Gay in America Elizabeth Birch, A Day to Leave the Closet William Bennett, Love, Marriage, and the Law *Caroly Lochhead, Gay Pairs Wed in Massachusetts *L.A. Chung, Attitudes on Marriage Change Slowly Elizabeth Bell, Teaching Tolerance before Hate Takes Root Writing Workshop 5: Organizing Your Writing 6. OUTSIDERS: Hearing Unheard Voices Visual Literacy: WARNING SIGNS: Dangerous Border Annie Downey, Is There Life after Welfare? Amanda Coyne, Mother’s Day in Federal Prison Nathan McCall, Time Andre Dubus, Why the Able-Bodied Still Don’t Get It Ynestra King, The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics *Tomas Robles, Ferrying Dreamers to the Other Side Bethlyn Madison Webster, Stamps (Poem) FORUM: Class in a Classless Society Adair Lara, Class Struggle on the Refrigerator Molly Ivins, You Can’t Get By on Nickels and Dimes (Book Review) *Gene Nichol, Educating for Privilege *Mary Bridges, Poverty Up, Women Still Down Writing Workshop 6: Feedback and Revision 7. MEDIA WATCH: Virtual Reality Visual Literacy: LAYOUT: Formating Your Message Amanda Fazzone, Game Over Jeanne Albronda Heaton and Nona Leigh Wilson, Talk TV: Tuning In to Trouble George de Stefano, Ungood Fellas *Edmund Tuerina, A Battle between Citizenship, Ancestry Roger Angell, Return of the Cliché Expert Andrea Freud Loewenstein, Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps (Satire) FORUM: The Fencing In of Cyberspace Adair Lara, On the Internet, We All Own a Press Rob Morse, Yes, Virginia, There Is a First Amendment *Jessie Scanlon, 7 Ways to Squelch the Net Jon Swartz, Push to Squash Spam Writing Workshop 7: Comparing and Contrasting 8. ROLE MODELS: Searching for Heroes Visual Literacy: UNSUNG HEROES: Female Firefighter Arthur Ashe, A Black Athlete Looks at Education *Ambre Brown Morley and Nicole Ostrow, Whistleblower: A Question of Conscience *Karima A. Haynes, How Good Are Women Cops? *Nancy Gibbs and Richard Stengel, Jessica Lynch: The Interview *Steven Win, Get Motivated! Robert Hayden, Frederick Douglass (Poem) FORUM: Exceptional Lives Andrew Delbanco, The Autobiography of Billy Graham (Book Review) Leslie Gornstein, The Digital Amazon *Dave Ford, Public Interest Lawyer Writing Workshop 8: Weighing Your Options 9. LANGUAGE: Bond or Barrier? Visual Literacy: HEADLINES: Spinning the News Deborah Tannen, Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers *Women’s Center Website, Men and Women Talking Amoja Three Rivers, Cultural Etiquette: A Guide Andrew Brownstein, A Battle over a Name in the Land of the Sioux Jorge R. Mancillas, Bilingualism: Assimilation Is More Than ABCs *Robin Tolmach Lakoff, Power of Words in Wartime John Heaviside, A Gathering of Deafs (Poem) FORUM: Language and Social Class Mark Francis Cohen, Small Tawk Toni Cook, Ebonics: Opening Pandora’s Box (Interview) Angelo Figueroa, Ebonics Plan is Worth a Listen Writing Workshop 9: Writing to Define 10. VIOLENCE: Living at Risk Visual Literacy: SURVEILLANCE CAMERA: The Face of Terror Ben Fox, Friends Knew Alleged Gunman’s Plans (News Story) Linda M. Hasselstrom, A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun Fred Barbasch, Beyond the Finger Pointing Tobias Wolff, White Man Gwendolyn Brooks, The Boy Died in My Alley (Poem) FORUM: Tough on Crime Nathan Glazer, The Broken Window Theory Steven Musil, Emotions Clouding Rational Decisions (Student Editorial) Families to Amend Three Strikes, A Threat to Justice *[Newspaper], Fruitless Punishment (Editorial) Writing Workshop 10: Writing to Persuade 11. ENVIRONMENT: Saving the Planet Visual Literacy: NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: The Return of the Condor Marie de Santis, The Last of the Wild Salmon *Jack Hill, The Book of the Tree-Sitters Jane Kay, California Condor’s Comeback Deborah Blum, The Monkey Wars Margaret Atwood, Dreams of the Animals (Poem) FORUM: The Endangered Ecosphere Molly Ivins, Don’t Mention Global Warming Charles Krauthammer, Saving Nature, But Only for Man Mark Sagoff, Feeding Ten