Inquiry: Questioning, Reading, Writing

by Lynn Z. Bloom, Edward M. White, Shane Borrowman

This cross-curricular composition book emphasizes the idea of writing as thinking. Maintaining its core theme that good questions are at the heart of good writing, this Second Edition is organized around six thought-provoking questions intended to motivate contemplation and inspire prolific 1) How do I know who I am?; 2) How do we know what we know?; 3) What principles do, and should, govern our personal lives?; 4) What are human rights and responsibilities?; 5) What can we learn from the past?; 6) What will the future be like? The reading selections in each chapter offer a variety of approaches to the chapter question, with representation from many different social perspectives. A host of new readings have been added, including selections that relate to current issues such as war and terrorism, business ethics, computers and artificial intelligence. For professionals with a career or interest in writing, teaching, journalism, editing and/or publishing.

752 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Lynn Z. Bloom, Emerita Distinguished Professor and Aetna Chair of Writing at the University of Connecticut and a passionate cook, her most recent book, Recipe (2023) mingles the most succulent, humanistic aspects of research, teaching, and living. So do Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical (1972), Writers Without Borders (2008), The Seven Deadly Virtues (2008), her New Zealand Fulbrights, and teaching creative nonfiction in Florence.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I read in college and a text to which I still refer. It is a great essential reader for cross-cultural, cross-generational and multi-disciplinary reference.

[Nymphadora Remus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent text for critical thinking. This is a re-read for me. I am finding the questions in the beginning are useful. Ex: "How do you know what you know?"

[Yvonne Raphael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent text for critical thinking. This is a re-read for me. I am finding the questions in the beginning are useful. Ex: "How do you know what you know?"