The Short Prose Reader with Student Access to Catalyst

Gilbert H. Muller, who received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Stanford University, is currently professor of English and Special Assistant to the President at the LaGuardia campus of the City University of New York. He has also taught at Stanford University, Vassar College, and several universities overseas. Dr. Muller is the author of the award-winning Nightmares and Visions: Flannery OConnor and the Catholic Grotesque, Chester Himes , and other critical studies. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, The Sewanee Review, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. He is also a noted author and editor of textbooks in English and composition, including The Short Prose Reader with Harvey Wiener, and with John A Williams, The McGraw-Hill Introduction to Literature, Bridges: Literature across Cultures, and Ways In: Reading and Writing about Literature. Among Dr. Mullers awards are National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Mellon Fellowship. Harvey S. Wiener is currently affiliated with Marymount Manhattan College after serving as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Adelphi University. Previously University Dean for Academic Affairs, the City University of New York, he was founding president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Dr. Wiener is the author of many books on reading and writing for college students and their teachers, including The Writing Room (Oxford, 1981). He is co-author of The McGraw-Hill College Handbook, a reference grammar and rhetoric text. Dr. Wiener has chaired the Teaching of Writing Division of the Modern Language Association (1987). He has taught writing at every level of education from elementary school to graduate school. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brooklyn College, he holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature. Dr. Wiener has won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and the Exxon Education Foundation.

*New to this edition1. ON WRITING*Pat Mora, "A Latina in Kentucky"Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., "How to Write with Style"William Zinsser, "Simplicity"Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 1From Seeing to Writing2. ON READINGJudith Ortiz Cofer, "Volar"Malcolm X, "Prison Studies"Ellen Tashie Frisina, "'See Spot Run': Teaching my Grandmother to Read"*Richard Rodriguez, "Open the Doors of Your Mind with Books" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 2From Seeing to Writing3. DESCRIPTIONAnnie Dillard, "In the Jungle"Maxine Hong Kingston, "Catfish in the Bathtub"*Suzanne Berne, "My Ticket to the Disaster"Virginia Wolff, "The Death of the Moth" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 3From Seeing to Writing4. NARRATIONElizabeth Wong, "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl"Langston Hughes, "Salvation"*David Sedaris, "Let It Snow"George Orwell, "A Hanging" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 4From Seeing to Writing5. ILLUSTRATIONBrent Staples, "Night Walker"Barbara Ehrenreich, "What I’ve Learned from Men"*U.S. Department of Defense, "Apocalypse Now"Amartya Sen, "A World Not Neatly Divided" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 5From Seeing to Writing6. COMPARISON AND CONTRASTRachel Carson, "A Fable for Tomorrow"*Dave Barry, "Punch and Judy"Michele Ingrassia, "The Body of the Beholder"Katha Pollitt, "Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 6From Seeing to Writing7. DEFINITION*Dagoberto Gilb, "Pride"Suzanne Britt Jordan, "Fun, Oh Boy, Fun. You Could Die from It".Gloria Naylor, "A Word’s Meaning"David Brooks, "The Organization Kid" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 7From Seeing to Writing8. CLASSIFICATIONJudith Viorst, "Friends, Good Friends—And Such Good Friends"*Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"Rashup, "The American Dream for Sale: Ethnic Images in Magazines"James T. Baker, "How Do We Find the Student in a World of Academic Gymnasts and Worker Ants?" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 8From Seeing to Writing9. PROCESS ANALYSIS*Bill Bryson, "Your New Computer"Ernest Hemingway, "Camping Out"Bruce Jay Friedman, "Eating Alone in Restaurants."Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "In the Kitchen" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 9From Seeing to Writing10. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSISStephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies"*Elie Wiesel, "The America I Love"Harry Crews, "Why I Live Where I Live"*Gina Barreca, "Why Women Laugh" (Mixing Patterns)Summing Up: Chapter 10From Seeing to Writing11. ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASIONARGUMENTS PRO AND CON: REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERYManning Marable, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come..." (Mixing Patterns)Shelby Steele, "... Or A Childish Illusion of Justice"THE FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT*William Kristol, "For the Marriage Amendment"*Andrew Sullivan, "A Call to Arms"MAJOR ISSUES IN TODAY’S WORLDPERSPECTIVES ON IDENTITYJonathan Kozol, "Are the Homeless Crazy?" (Mixing Patterns)Ronald Takaki, "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority" (Mixing Patterns)Anna Quindlen, "Women Are Just Better" (Mixing Patterns)PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL RIGHTSMolly Ivins, "Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns"Julie Bosman, "The (No) Free Speech Movement"Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"PERSPECTIVES ON THE AIDS EPIDEMIC*Lynsey J. Proctor, "Sex Education Can Learn from Bananas"*Richard Holbrooke and Richard Furman, "A Global Battle’s Missing Weapon"*Brent Staples, "Avoiding the Truth of What’s Needed to Fight AIDS: Needle Programs"Summing Up: Chapter 11From Seeing to WritingAPPENDIX: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATIONWhat Are Research and Documentation?The Research ProcessPhase I: Choosing and Limiting a TopicPhase II: Gathering and Organizing MaterialPhase III: Writing the PaperPhase IV: Documenting SourcesSample Student Research Paper