Writer's Presence A Pool of Readings

Name: Writer's Presence A Pool of Readings
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ISBN: 9780312486860

ISBN-10: 0312486863

ISBN-13: 9780312486860

Edition: 6th

Authors: Donald McQuade, Robert Atwan

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The readings inThe Writer's Presenceare selected exclusively for the quality of the writing. Editors Donald McQuade of the University of California, Berkeley, and Robert Atwan, Series Editor ofThe Best American Essaysscoured hundreds of essays in search of teachable readings with strong voices and clear points of view. The result is a blend of classic pieces by favorites like James Baldwin, Annie Dillard, and Amy Tan; and fresh pieces by rising stars like Michael Pollan, Geeta Kothari, James McBride, and Daniel Harris. The voices inThe Writer's Presencerepresent different communities, time periods, levels of difficulty, and fields of study, and the topics intersect in intriguing and nuanced…

Book details

List price: $62.99
Edition: 6th
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 1/10/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1040
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Robert Atwan is the series editor of The Best American Essays. He recently edited Divine Inspiration, a volume of world poetry on the Gospels.




Personal Writing: Exploring Our Own Lives


The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me



"What's Your Name, Girl?"



Ghosts: Pishtacos



Notes of a Native Son



The Writer at Work - James Baldwin on Black English


The Problem with T-Shirts



My Father's Life



Silent Dancing



The Writer at Work - Cofer on Memory and Personal Essays


A Clack of Tiny Sparks: Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood



Toy Children



On Keeping a Notebook



Learning to Read and Write



Major Steps



The Knock



A City Beyond the Reach of Empathy



The Diary of a Young Girl



In the Kitchen



The Writer at Work - Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the Writer's Voice


Hiroshima Diary



On Stuttering



The Writer at Work - Edward Hoagland on What an Essay Is


Salvation



The Writer at Work - Langston Hughes on How to Be a Bad Writer (In Ten Easy Lessons)


If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?



On Being a Cripple



The Writer at Work - Nancy Mairs on Finding a Voice


Homeboy



The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood



The Price We Pay



Shooting an Elephant



Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood



The Writer at Work - Rodriguez on a Writer's Identity


My Speech at West Point



The Writer at Work - Marjane Satrapi on Comics


Me Talk Pretty One Day



Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space



The Writer at Work - Another Version of Just Walk on By


The M Word: Why It Matters to Me



Mother Tongue



My Inner Shrimp



Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self



Scattered Inconveniences



The Writer at Work - Jerald Walker on Writing


Once More to the Lake




Expository Writing: Shaping Information


What Meets the Eye



Second Thoughts: What the Right to Bear Arms Really Means



Analyze, Don't Summarize