Purpose and Process: A Reader for Writers

by Stephen P. Reid

This innovative reader focuses on writers' purposes and processes for reading and writing, and on the connections between reading and writing. Organized around purposes for writing, it outlines practical guidelines and strategies for achieving specific writing goals. Sixty-four selections by both professional and student writers illustrate these strategies. A diverse group of mainstream and minority professional writers includes works by such authors as Annie Dillard, Peter Elbow, Paule Marshall, Kirsten Cole, John Leonard, Stephen Perrine, and Deborah Tannen. Topics of contemporary issues covered are Generation X, Barbie dolls, the Internet, New Age medicine, fat free foods, current films, and talk shows. For anyone who wants to improve and take control of their reading and writing.

614 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

Reviews

[Abigail (42stitches) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A text I picked up on the "free" shelf in the English department of my university. Oddly enough, a pretty good book. Ideas and motivation for "critical reading". Which is a skill that everyone should continue to develop all their life. More on that later...