Essays from Contemporary Culture

FeaturesEighty selections are arranged in nine chapters that move thematically from generally personal issues to matters of significance to society.Reader response questions, questions for discussion, and writing topics allow students to express their views in different forums including expressive writing, classroom discussion, and formal essays.An Instructor's Manual offers a general discussion of how to use the book, answers to the questions for discussion that follow each reading, and a list of suggested vocabulary words for each reading.New to the Fourth EditionSeventeen new readings by authors such as Annie Dillard, Ellen Goodman, William Raspberry, and E.B. White have been added.An expanded chapter, "Ethics, Morals, and Values, " addresses a topic of increasing importance.Questions for Discussio have been revised to serve as writing topics as well as discussion topics to increase writing opportunitiesContents*Denotes new to this edition1. TransitionsWho Shall I Be? The Allure of a Fresh Start, Jennifer CrichtonOne Man's Kids, Daniel MeierRootlessness, David MorrisAn Urge for Going, Richard FordThe Psychological Challenge of Y2K, Gordon Davidson and Corinne McLaughlinWhite Breast Flats, Emilie GallantGrandma's Story, Lynn RandallOnce More to the Lake, E.B. WhiteSilence (fiction), Larry Watson2. InsightsThink About It: Ways We Know, and Don't, Frank ConroyLiving Like WeAckley, Katherine Anne is the author of 'Essays from Contemporary Culture', published 2001 under ISBN 9780155071308 and ISBN 0155071300.