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This thematic reader focuses on contemporary American culture and offers over 120 provocative readings and images representing a broad range of genres and diverse authorial voices.
Contents
* New to this editionORIENTATION: Reading, Thinking, and Writing1. INITIATION: Growing Up American* Ana Veciana-Suarez, A Place Where We BelongGarrison Keillor, "Born among the Born Again" Susan J. Miller, "My Father's Other Life"Mary Crow Dog, "Lakota Woman" Sandra Cisneros, Mericans [short story]Lorna Dee Cervantes, Refugee Ship [poem]FORUM: Bridging Two CulturesCaroline Hwang, "The Good Daughter"Nguyen Louie, "A Daughter's Story" [student essay]* Mara Joseph, On Being White [student essay]Writing Workshop 1: Writing from Experience2. LEARNING: School and Life* Thessaly La Force, No Rest for the Overachiever Going to School in East L.A. [student editorial]* Mike Rose, Going to School in East L.A.* Michael J. Sandel, Marketers Are Storming the Schoolhouse* Stanford Report, Electronic Communication May Aid Social Interaction [newsletter]Nell Bernstein, Learning to Love* Kenyatta Matthews, Black College in (White) AmericaFrank Chin, "Donald Duk and the White Monsters" [short story]Louise Erdrich, The Runaways [poem]FORUM: Free to WorshipLoretta Johnson, "Prayer Isn't Always Allowed"* Emily Lesk, My 60-Second Protest from the Hallway* David G. Savage, Justices Allow Bible ClassesWriting Workshop 2: Writing from Interviews 3. NEW WORLD: Diversity and CommunityAnna Quindlen, The Mosaic vs. the MythCynthia Tucker, "Jefferson, Hemings Affair Can't Be Denied"Arturo Madrid, Diversity and Its Discontents* Walter Kirn, Mormons: Walking a Mile in Their ShoesJeremiah Creedon, The Spiritually Diverse SocietyDaniel J. Boorstin, "Why I Am Optimistic about America"Janice Mirikitani, For My Father [poem]FORUM: Redeeming Past Injustice Matthew Kauffman, The Day the Slaves Got Their WaySuzan Shown Harjo, I Won't Be Celebrating Columbus DayJames P. Pinkerton, One More Salvo in Culture War [movie review]Writing Workshop 3: Writing About Your Reading 4. OUTSIDERS: Other Voices * Annie Downey, Is There Life after Welfare?Amanda Coyne, "Mother's Day in Federal Prison"Nathan McCall, "Time"* Andre Dubus, Why the Able-Bodied Still Don't Get ItYnestra King, "The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics"Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson" [short story]Bethlyn Madison Webster, "Stamps" [poem]FORUM: Disparity of Wealth* Adair Lara, Class Struggle on the RefrigeratorPeter Rothberg, "Lockout!"Ken Garcia, Obscenely High Payout to Departing Chief* Molly Ivins, You Can't Get By on Nickels and Dimes [book review]Writing Workshop 4: Drawing Conclusions5. IDENTITY: Rethinking RaceDavid Bernstein, "Mixed like Me" Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me"Joe Gutierrez, "On the Job" [interviewowith Studs Terkel]Miriam Schulman, "Affirmative Action or Negative Action"Fox Butterfield, "Why They Excel"Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" [short story]* Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman [poem]FORUM: Educating about RaceRichard Cohen, "Our Children Are Our Future'Unfortunately They're Bigots"* Patricia Smith, The Tiny, Brown ProfessorJoan Ryan, "Home Truths about Race" Cynthia Tucker, "Double Standard on Drug Sentences"Writing Workshop 5: Organizing Your Writing6. CULTURE WARS: Constructing Gender Nanette Asimov, Fewer Teen Girls Enrolling in Technology ClassesRuth Connif, "The Joy of Women's Sports"Im Jung Kwuon, " Facing Down Abusers" Robert Bly, "The Community of Men"Ernest Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants" [short story]Walt Whitman, "A Glimpse" [poem]FORUM: Gay in AmericaElizabeth Birch, A Day to Leave the ClosetWilliam Bennett, "Love, Marriage, and the Law"* Tammerlin Drummond, The Marrying Kind* Elizabeth Bell, Teaching Tolerance Before Hate Takes RootWriting Workshop 6: Comparing and Contrasting7. MEDIA WATCH: Virtual Reality* Amanda Fazzone, Game Over* George de Stefano, Ungood FellasJeanne Albronda Heaton and Nona Leigh Wilson, "Talk TV:Tuning In to Trouble"* VISUAL: Virginia Slims Campaign* Liz Smith, My Breakfast with Fergie* Jean Bethke Elstain, "Diana and the Celebrity Culture"Andrea Freud Loewenstein, Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps [satire]Sharon Olds, "The Death of Marilyn Monroe" [poem]FORUM: The Fencing in of CyberspaceAdair Lara, On the Internet, We All Own a Press* Rob Morse, Yes, Virginia, there Is a First AmendmentJohn Browning, The Internet Is Learning to Censor ItselfJ.D. Lasica, Censorship Devices on the InternetJon Swartz, Push to Squash SpamWriting Workshop 7: Weighing Alternatives8. ROLE MODELS: The Search for HeroesArthur Ashe, A Black Athlete Looks at EducationJohn Seabrook, "E-Mail from Bill"Mark Leiren-Young, Dream CatcherDavid Popenoe, "The Decline of Fatherhood"Ralph Ellison, "Mister Toussan" [short story]Judy Grahn, "Nadine, Resting on Her Neighbor's Stoop" [poem]FORUM: The American DreamAndrew Delbanco, The Autobiography of Billy Graham [book review]Leslie Gornstein, The Digital Amazon* Gloria Steinem, Hillary in the CrossfireWriting Workshop 8: Arguing from Principle9. LANGUAGE: From Bond to Barrier and BackDeborah Tannen, "Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers"Amoja Three Rivers, "Cultural Etiquette: A Guide"* Andrew Brownstein, A Battle over a Name in the Land of the SiouxJorge R. Mancillas, "Bilingualism: Assimilation is More Than ABCs"Roger Angell, "Return of the Cliche Expert"August Wilson, "How Avery Got to Be a Preacher" (from Piano Lesson) [drama]John Heaviside, "A Gathering of Deafs" [poem]FORUM: Language and Social Class Mark Francis Cohen, "Small Tawk"Toni Cook, "Ebonics: Opening Pandora's Box" [interview]Angelo Figueroa, "Ebonics Plan Is Worth a Listen" Writing Workshop 9: Writing to Define10. VIOLENCE: Living at Risk* Ben Fox, Friends Knew Alleged Gunman's Plans [news story]Bruce Shapiro, "The Violent Politics of Crime"Linda M. Hasselstrom, "A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun" Fred Barbasch, Beyond the Finger Pointing* Tobias Wolff, White ManLuis Valdez, The Buck Private (Soldado Razo) [play]Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Boy Died in My Alley" [poem]FORUM: Tough on Crime* Nathan Glazer, The Broken Window TheoryEmery P. Dalesio, "No Indictment in Shoplifter's Death"Steven Musil, "Emotions Clouding Rational Decisions" [student editorial]Families to Amend Three Strikes, "A Threat to Justice"Writing Workshop 10: Writing to Persuade11. ECOLOGY: Saving the Planet* Amy Blackmar, Alligator Country: The Eyes of NightMarie de Santis, "The Last of the Wild Salmon"John Vidal, "Hearts of Oak"Deborah Blum, "The Monkey Wars"* Margaret Atwood, Dreams of the Animals [poem]FORUM: The Endangered EcosphereMolly Ivins, "Don't Mention Global Warming"Charles Krauthammer, "Saving Nature, But Only for Man"Mark Sagoff, "Feeding Ten Billion People" Writing Workshop 11: The Investigative Writer 12. TOMORROWS: The Shape of the Future* James Q. Wilson, In Praise of Asphalt NationJon Carroll, "New Splash in Vegas"Mark Frankel, "Candid Camera: Corporate Snooping 101"Jerome P. Kassirer, Federal Foolishness and MariguanaElinor Burkett, The Last AbortionRandall Sullivan, "Violence as Fun"FORUM: Terror Invades America* VISUAL: It Happened Here* David Grann, Manhattan Dispatch* Paul Berman, Under the Bridge* Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Babi Yar in Manhattan* Ken Garcia, America's Wealth Draws Hatred* Ellen Goodman, Prime Target is Women* Joan Ryan, Focus on the Real TerrorWriting Workshop 12: The Documented Paper
