The Short prose reader / Gilbert H. Muller, and Harvey S. Wiener.
Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991.Edition: 6th editionDescription: xxiii, 498 p. : 21 cmISBN:- 0070441359 :
- 808.0427 23 MUL
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
On writing
William Saroyan Why I Write
William Staford Writing
William Zinsser : Simplicity
Chapter 2 On reading
Eudora Welty: One writer's beginning
Malcon X: Prison Studies
Ellen Tasshie Frisina: '' see spot run'' : Teaching my Grandmother to read
Vivian Gornick: Apostles of the faith that books matter
Chapter 3 Description
Louise Erdrich: the blue jay's dance
Maxine Hong Kingston: : Catfish in the Bathtub
Richard Selzer: The discuss thrower
Mary Cantwell: The burden of a happy childhood
Chapter 4 Narration
Elizabeth Wong: The struggle to be an al American
Langsyton Hughes: Salvation
George Orwell: A hanging
Grace Paley: Travelling
Chapter 5 Illustration
Brent Staples: Night walker
Barbara Ehrenreich: What I I've learned from men
James Popkin with Katia Hetter: America's gambling Craze
Lewis Thomas : The death in one open
Chapter 6 Comparison and Contrast
Rechel Carson: A feable for tomorrow
Robert C. Ritchie: The coast with most
Ellen Goodman: The tapestry of friendships
Michele Ingrasia: The body of the Beholder
Chapter 7 Definition
Junice Castro with Dan cook and Cristina Garcia Spanglish
Suzanne Britt Jordan: Fun, oh boy. You could die from it.
Gloria Naylor : A word's meaning
Kirk Johnson : Today's Kids are like killing the English language.Yeah , right.
Chapter 8 Classification
Judith Viorst : Friends, Good friends and such good friends
E.B. White : The three New York
etc
Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-498).
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