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From the Publisher This classic thematic reader helps students move from personal to analytical writing by engaging them with essays and fiction relevant to their lives. Editorial Reviews – Life Studies From the Publisher This classic thematic reader helps students move from personal to analytical writing by engaging them with essays and fiction relevant to their lives. Features – Life Studies Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface for Instructors Introduction: Finding a Trail * Bernard Cooper, The Fine Art of Sighing 1. Self-Images INSIGHTS: D. H. Lawrence, Mark Twain, N. Scott Momaday (poem), Rom Harre, Fay Weldon, *Daniel Traister, Golda Meir, *Joyce Carol Oates Nora Ephron, Shaping Up Absurd * Anthony Walton, Hamburger Terry Galloway, I’m Listening as Hard As I Can Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space * Nan Levinson, The Sad Pleasure of Travel * Garry Trudeau, My Inner Shrimp Jamaica Kincaid, Girl (fiction) Andrew Sullivan, What Is a Homosexual? 2. Family Ties INSIGHTS: Robert Nisbet, Ferdinand Mount, Mavis Gallant, J. H. Plumb, Gloria Steinem, Robert Hayden (poem), Robert Weiss Thomas Simmons, Motorcycle Talk Raymond Carver, My Father’s Life * bell hooks, Inspired Eccentricity Calvin Trillin, It’s Just Too Late Tillie Olsen, I Stand Here Ironing (fiction) * Debra Spark, Last Things Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Women and the Future of Fatherhood Amitai Etzioni, The Value of Families 3. Significant Others INSIGHTS: Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Simone de Beauvoir, Walker Percy, Selma Fraiberg, Francesco Alberoni, Sharon Olds (poem), D. T. Suzuki Susan Allen Toth, Boyfriends Stephen Dunn, Locker Room Talk Diane Ackerman, The Chemistry of Love * Meghan Daum, On the Fringes of the Physical World * Steve Tesich, Focusing on Friends Patricia J. Williams, My Best White Friend * Leslie Lawrence, Propelled by Love Jonathan Rauch, For Better or Worse? Raymond Carver, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love (fiction)
