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1 Writing Myths and Rituals 3

2 Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing 17

3 Observing 51

4 Remembering 101

5 Reading 151

6 Analyzing and Designing Visuals 215

7 Investigating 279

8 Explaining 343

9 Evaluating 399

10 Problem Solving 455

11 Arguing 509

12 Responding to Literature 600

13 Writing a Research Paper 656

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Thematic Contents xi Dimensions of the Writing Process 34
Preface xvii Collecting 34
Shaping 35

1 Writing Myths and Rituals 3

Drafting
Revising
The Whole Process
35
35
36
Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice 5
Place, Time, and Tools 6
Writing with a Computer 37

Energy and Attitude 8 WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 38

Keeping a Journal 9 A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 12 Shaping 40
“On Keeping a Journal” by Roy Hoffman 12 “Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie 40
On Writing “Athletes and Education” by Neil
Petrie 44

2 Situations, Purposes, and

Processes for Writing 17
A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and
Revising 47
From “The Declaration of Independence” 47

Rhetorical Situations 18
Review of the Rhetorical Situation
Why the Rhetorical Situation Is Important
21
21 3 Observing 51

Purposes for Writing 22 Techniques for Writing About

Writer-Based Purposes 22 Observations 54
Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes 23 Observing People 55
Combinations of Purposes 23 Observing Places 56
Subject, Purpose, and Thesis 24 From “Sierra” by John Muir 56
Purpose and Audience 24 Observing Objects 57
Audience Analysis 25 WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 58
Purpose, Audience, and Genre 27 “Take This Fish and Look at It” by Samuel H.
Scudder 60
The Rhetorical Situation 28
“Observing Wolves” by Farley Mowat 66
Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two
Essays 29 Observing: The Writing Process 75
“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Choosing a Subject 76
Elizabeth Wong 30 Collecting 77
“I’m OK, but You’re Not” by Robert Zoellner 31 Shaping 80
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Drafting 85 Summarizing and Responding to an

Revising 86 Essay 157
Peer Response 87 “Teach Diversity—with a Smile” by Barbara
Ehrenreich 158
Postscript on the Writing Process 89
Summarizing 161
“Permanent Tracings” by Jennifer Macke 90
Summary of “Teach Diversity—with a Smile” 162
“Empty Windows” by Stephen White 96
Responding 162
Response to “Teach Diversity—with a

4
Smile” 165
Remembering 101 WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 166
“Letter to America” by Margaret Atwood 168
Techniques for Writing About “Vows” by Christopher Caldwell 171
Memories 102
Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on
Remembering People 105 Climate Change 176
Remembering Places 105 “The IPCC Fourth Assessment” by Jerald L.
Remembering Events 106 Schnoor 177
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 108 “Planet Gore” by the Editor, National
“Lives on the Boundary” by Mike Rose 109 Review 179
“Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by “On the Climate Change Beat, Doubt Gives Way to
Alice Walker 117 Certainty” by William K. Stevens 181

“César Chávez Saved My Life” by Daniel “Nene” “Global Warming and Hot Air” by Robert J.
Alejandrez 126 Samuelson 184

Remembering: The Writing Process 130 Reading and Writing Processes 189

Choosing a Subject 131 Choosing a Subject 189

Collecting 131 “Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley

Erskine Devlin 190
Shaping 133
Collecting 193
Drafting 138
Shaping 194
Revising 139
Avoiding Plagiarism 194
Peer Response 140
Summary Shaping 195
Postscript on the Writing Process 141
Sample Summaries 197
“The Wind Catcher” by Todd Petry 142
Response Shaping 198
“The Red Chevy” by Juli Bovard 145
Outlines for Summary/Response Essays 200
Drafting 201

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Revising 202
Reading 151 Peer Response 203
Postscript on the Writing Process 204
Techniques for Writing About Reading 153 “Letter to Margaret Atwood” by Dean C. Swift 204
Critical Reading Strategies 153 “Two Responses to Deborah Tannen” by Jennifer
Guidelines for Class Discussion 157 Koester and Sonja H. Browe 208
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Date Rape: Familiar Strangers 282
Analyzing and Designing “Gimme An A (I Insist!)” by Abigail Sullivan
Moore 283
Visuals 215
Investigation Using Multiple Sources 284
Techniques for Analyzing Visuals 217 “That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming
Analyzing Visuals 219 Instant, and Online” by John Schwartz 285
Analyzing Visuals in Text 222 Profile of a Person 289
Analyzing Visuals in Context 224 “Rick Steves’s Not-So-Lonely Planet” by Sara
Corbett 289
“Progress or Not” by Jonathan Alter 225
Extended Interview 291
“Who’s a Looter?” by Tania Ralli 227
“Reading Statistical Tea Leaves” by Karen
Analyzing the Genre of the Visual 229 Arenson 291
Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience 231
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 294
Designing Visuals 234 “Surfin’ the Louvre” by Elizabeth Larsen 296
Techniques for Designing Visuals 235 “Plotting a Net Gain” by Connie Koenenn 298
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 239 “The Homeless and Their Children” by Jonathan
Kozol 304
Processes for Analyzing and Designing
Visuals 252 Investigating: The Writing Process 312
Choosing a Subject 253 Choosing a Subject 313
Collecting 253 Collecting 314
Shaping 254 Community Service Learning 315
“Triple Self-Portrait” by Charles Rosen and Henri Research Tips 318
Zerner 255 Doing Field Research 320
“Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” by Ellen Shaping 323
Goodman 256
Drafting 325
“Coming Home” by Carolyn Kleiner Butler 259
Peer Response 326
Drafting 261
Revising 327
Peer Response 261
Postscript on the Writing Process 328
Revising 262
“The Hollywood Indian “ by Lauren Strain 328
Postscript on the Writing Process 263
“My Friend Michelle, an Alcoholic” by Bridgid
“Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” by Karyn M. Stone 338
Lewis 264
“Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program”
by Lawrence Fletcher 267 8 Explaining 343

Techniques for Explaining 345

7 Investigating 279
Explaining What
Explaining How
346
348
Techniques for Investigative Writing 280 Explaining Why 350
Summary of a Book or Article 281 WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 352
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“Multiracialness” by LaMer Steptoe 353 Collecting 432

“How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” by Shaping 434
Suze Orman 355 Research Tips 437
“How Male and Female Students Use Language Peer Response 438
Differently” by Deborah Tannen 361
Drafting 439
Explaining: The Writing Process 368 Revising 439
Choosing a Subject 369 Postscript on the Writing Process 440
Collecting 370 “Borrowers Can be Choosy” by Linda
Research Tips 373 Meininger 441
Shaping 373 “The Big Chill” by Kent Y’Blood 451
Tips for Integrating Images 376
Drafting 382
Revising
Peer Response
382
384
10 Problem Solving 455

Postscript on the Writing Process 385 Techniques for Problem Solving 457
“English Only” by Christine Bishop 386 Demonstrating That a Problem Exists 458
“Anorexia Nervosa” by Nancie Brosseau 394 Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your
Readers 459

9 Evaluating 399
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises
“How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal”
by Michael Bérubé 463
461

Techniques for Writing Evaluations 400 “One Thing to Do About Food” by Eric Schlosser,
Evaluating Commercial Products or Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Troy Duster
Services 403 and Elizabeth Ransom, Peter Singer, and Jim
Hightower 465
“The Hybrid Grows Up,” Consumer
Reports 404 “The Argument Culture” by Deborah
Tannen 474
Evaluating Works of Art 405
Evaluating Performances 408 Problem Solving: The Writing Process 481
“Peter Jackson’s Sorcery” by Richard Choosing a Subject 482
Alleva 408 Collecting 483
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 412 Research Tips 487
“Evaluating a Website” by Robin Williams and Shaping 488
John Tollett 414 Drafting 490
All’s Not Well in Land of “The Lion King” by Peer Response 491
Margaret Lazarus 418
Revising 492
“Today’s Special” by David Sedaris 419
Postscript on the Writing Process 493
“Watching the Eyewitless News” by Elayne
“No Parking” by Kristy Busch, Steve Krause, and
Rapping 422
Keith Wright 494
Evaluating: The Writing Process 430 “New Regulations and You” by Jessica
Choosing a Subject 431 Cook 500
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Drafting 576
Arguing 509 Revising 577
Research Tips 576
Techniques for Writing: Argument 510 Peer Response 578
Claims for Written Argument 512 Postscript on the Writing Process 582
Appeals for Written Argument 516 “Welfare Is Still Necessary for Women and
Rogerian Argument 521 Children in the U.S.” by Crystal
The Toulmin Method of Argument 523 Sabatke 583
WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 525 “Standardized Tests: Shouldn’t We Be Helping Our
Students?” by Eric Boese 591
Analyzing Statistics 526
“The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?” by
Cathleen A. Cleaver 527
“Death and Justice” by Edward I. Koch 534
12 Responding to Literature 600

Multigenre Casebook on Immigration Responding to a Short Story 604

Reform 540 “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin 604
“Immigration Reform in America” by Dudley Responding to a Poem 607
Erskine Devlin 541
“Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden 607
“Employers Have a Lot to Lose” by Barry
Newman 545 Techniques for Responding to
“Do Americans Really Want Jobs?” by Ruben Literature 608
Navarrette, Jr. 547 WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 609
“The Problem with Immigrants” by Khalil Purposes for Responding to Literature 610
Bendib 550
“Raid Leaves Families Fractured” by Bruce
Responding to Short Fiction 612
Finley 550 “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty 614
Responses to “Raid Leaves Families Fractured” “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara 623
Denverpost.com 553 Responding to Poetry 631
“Viewpoints: U.S. Illegal Immigration” BBC Five Contemporary Poems 633
News 555
“Who to Blame for Illegals” by Tom Biscoe 560 Responding to Literature: The Writing
Process 640
“Immigration Forum” SpeakOut.com 560
Collecting 641
“IllegalAliens.US” 563
Shaping 644
United Food and Commercial Workers 564
Drafting 646
Photographs of Demonstrations 565
Revising 646
Arguing: The Writing Process 568
Postscript on the Writing Process 647
Choosing a Subject 569 “A Worn Path” by Julia MacMillan and Brett
Collecting 570 MacFadden 648
Shaping 571 “Death: The Final Freedom” by Pat Russell 654
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Postscript on the Writing Process 729
Writing a Research Paper 656 “Foreign Language Study: An American
Necessity” by Kate McNerny 730
Techniques for Writing a Research
Paper 659
Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Appendix: Writing Under
Guides 660
Pressure A-1
Finding the Best Sources 661
Critically Evaluating Your Sources 662 Know Your Audience A-3
Using Sources to Make Your Point 662 Analyze Key Terms A-3
Documenting Your Sources 663
Make a Sketch Outline A-4
Preparing Yourself for the Research
Process 664 Know the Material A-6

WARMING UP: Journal Exercises 665 Practice Writing A-7

Research Notebook 666 Proofread and Edit A-8
Research Timetable 670 Sample Essay Questions and
Documentation Format: MLA and APA Responses A-8
Styles 671
Research Paper: The Writing Process 671
Handbook H-1
Choosing a Subject 672
Section 1—Review of Basic Sentence
Collecting 675 Elements H-8
Basic Internet Glossary 684
Section 2—Sentence Structure and
Evaluating Internet Sources 687
Grammar H-17
Avoiding Plagiarism 691
Section 3—Diction and Style H-34
Shaping 694
Shaping Strategies 695 Section 4—Punctuation and Mechanics
H-48
Drafting 697
Using Graphics 698
Revising 706 Credits C-1
Documenting Sources 706 Index I-1
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 Thematic Contents
The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers, eighth edition, contains selections from over
100 writers, artists, poets, and photographers. Thematic clusters of essays, articles,
editorials, Web sites, cartoons, poems, short fiction, and images are indicated below.
An asterisk (*) indicates a complete essay.

CLIMATE CHANGE
• *Jerald L. Schnoor, “The IPCC Fourth Assessment” 177
• *Editor, National Review, “Planet Gore” 179
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• *William K. Stevens, “On the Climate Change Beat, Doubt Gives Way to
Certainty” 181
• *Robert J. Samuelson, “Global Warming and Hot Air” 184

RACE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

• *Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez, “César Chávez Saved My Life” 126
• Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” [Fiction] 623
• *Christine Bishop, “English Only” 386
• Geoffrey Canada, from “Peace in the Streets” 459
• *Christopher Caldwell, “Vows” 171
• *Dudley Erskine Devlin, “Teaching Tolerance in America” 190
• *Barbara Ehrenreich, “Teach Diversity—with a Smile” 158
• Jim Goldberg, “Servant in the House” [Image] 224
• Jeanne Wakatsuke Houston, from “Farewell to Mansanar” 105
• Martin Luther King, Jr., from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 519
• *Margaret Lazarus, “All’s Not Well in Land of ‘the Lion King’” 418
• Paul Merideth, “Man Touching Vietnam Veterans Memorial” [Image] 639
• N. Scott Momaday, from The Way to Rainy Mountain 105
• Gordon Parks, “American Gothic” [Image] 241
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• Patricia Raybon, from “A Case of Severe Bias” 513
• *Mike Rose, from Lives on the Boundary 109
• *LaMer Stepptoe, “Multiracialness” 353
• *Lauren J. Strain, “The Hollywood Indian” 328
• *Alice Walker, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” 117
• *Stephen White, “Empty Windows” 96
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• *Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” 30

• *Robert Zoellner, “I’m OK, but You’re Not” 31

GENDER ROLES
• *Juli Bovard, “The Red Chevy” 145
• *Nancie Brosseau, “Anorexia Nervosa” 394
• *Sonja H. Browe and Jennifer Koester, “Two Responses to Deborah Tannen” 208
• Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” [Fiction] 604
• *Christopher Caldwell, “Vows” 171
• Jim Goldberg, “Servant in the House” [Image] 223
• Joy Harjo, “Perhaps the World Ends Here” [Poem] 635
• Dorothea Lange, “Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family” [Image] 355
• *Margaret Lazarus, “All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’” 418
• *Karyn Lewis, “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” 264
• Charlene Muehlenhard and Melaney Linton, “Date Rape: Familiar
Strangers” 282
• Richard Rodriguez, “The Boy’s Desire” 106
• *Crystal Sabatke, “Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the
U.S.” 583
• *Deborah Tannen, “How Male and Female Students Use Language
Differently” 361
• *James B. Twitchell, “Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’: How to
Advertise a Dangerous Product” 381
• Eudora Welty, “A Worn Path” [Fiction] 614
• *Elizabeth Wong, “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” 30
• World War II Poster, “Rosie the Riveter” [Image] 229

IMMIGRATION REFORM
• *Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez, “César Chávez Saved My Life” 126
• *Khalil Bendib, “The Problem with Immigrants” [Cartoon] 550
• Tom Briscoe, “Who to Blame for Illegals” [Cartoon] 560
• BBC News, “Viewpoints: U.S. Illegal Immigration” 555
• *Dudley Erskine Devlin, “Immigration Reform in America” 541
• *Bruce Finley, “Raid Leaves Families Fractured” 550
• “IllegalAliens.US” [Web page] 563
• *Ruben Navarrette, Jr., “Do Americans Really Want Jobs?” 547
• *Barry Newman, “Employers Have a Lot to Lose” 545
• SpeakOut.Com, “Immigration Forum” [Online forum] 560
• “United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)” [Web page] 564
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET

• *Cathleen A. Cleaver. “The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?” 527
• Randy Glastenbergen, “Dear Andy: Come Down and Eat” [Cartoon] 289
• *Connie Koenenn, “Plotting a Net Gain” 298
• *Elizabeth Larsen, “Surfin’ the Louvre” 296
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• *John Schwartz, “That Parent Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant,
Online” 285
• *Robin Williams and John Tollett, “Evaluating a Website” 414

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• Consumer Reports, “The Hybrid Grows Up” 404
• *Jessica Cook, “New Regulations and You” 500
• Isak Dinesen, “The Iguana” 55
• *Farley Mowat, “Observing Wolves” 66
• John Muir, from “Yosemite” 56
• *Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Troy Duster and Elizabeth Ransom,
Peter Singer, and Jim Hightower, “One Thing to Do About Food” 465
• *Robert Zoellner, “I’m OK, but You’re Not” 31

EDUCATION
• Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” [Fiction] 623
• *Michael Bérubé, “How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal” 463
• *Christine Bishop, “English Only” 386
• Caroline Bird, from “College Is a Waste of Time and Money” 515
• *Eric Boese, “Standardized Tests: Shouldn’t We Be Helping Our Students?” 591
• *Dudley Erskine Devlin, “Teaching Tolerance in America” 190
• *Elizabeth Larsen, “Surfin’ the Louvre” 296
• *Jonathan Kozol, “The Homeless and Their Children” 304
• *Kate McNerny, “Foreign Language Study: An American Necessity” 730
• *Abigail Sullivan Moore, “Gimme an A (I Insist!)” 283
• *Suze Orman, “How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” 355
• *Neil H. Petrie, “Athletes and Education” 40
• *Mike Rose, from Lives on the Boundary 109
• *Samuel H. Scudder, “Take This Fish and Look at It” 60
• James Thurber, from “University Days” 136

LITERACY AND LANGUAGE

• *Michael Bérubé, “How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal” 463
• *Christine Bishop, “English Only” 386
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• *Cathleen A. Cleaver. “The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?” 527

• *Roy Hoffman, “On Keeping a Journal” 12
• Jonathan Kozol, from Illiterate America 304
• *Jonathan Kozol, “The Homeless and Their Children” 304
• Abigail Sullivan Moore, “Gimme an A (I Insist!)” 283
• *Suze Orman, “How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” 355
• *Neil H. Petrie, “On Writing ‘Athletes and Education’” 44
• *Mike Rose, from Lives on the Boundary 109
• *Deborah Tannen, “The Argument Culture” 474
• James B. Twitchell, “Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’: How to
Advertise a Dangerous Product” 381
• *Robin Williams and John Tollett, “Evaluating a Website” 414

ADVERTISING AND THE MEDIA

• Adbusters, “Absolute End” [Image] 233
• *Richard Alleva, “Peter Jackson’s Sorcery” 408
• *Jonathan Alter, “Progress or Not” 225
• *Carolyn Kleiner Butler, “Coming Home” 259
• *Ellen Goodman, “Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” 256
• *Margaret Lazarus, “All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’” 418
• *Karyn Lewis, “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” 264
• *Suze Orman, “How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” 355
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• *Elayne Rapping, “Watching the Eyewitless News” 422
• Patricia Raybon, from “A Case of Severe Bias” 513
• Reuters, “President Bush Signing the Ban on Abortion” [Image] 256
• *Lauren J. Strain, “The Hollywood Indian” 328
• *James B. Twitchell, “Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’: How to
Advertise a Dangerous Product” 381
• *Robin Williams and John Tollett, “Evaluating a Website” 414
• Marie Winn, from The Plug-In Drug 526
• World War II Poster, “Rosie the Riveter” [Image] 229

SOCIAL ISSUES
• *Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez, “César Chávez Saved My Life” 126
• *Jonathan Alter, “Progress or Not” 225
• *Margaret Atwood, “Letter to America” 168
• *Carolyn Kleiner Butler, “Coming Home” 259
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• *Christopher Caldwell, “Vows” 171

• *Ellen Goodman, “Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” 256
• *Edward I. Koch, “Death and Justice” 534
• Yusef Komunyakaa, “Facing It” [Poem] 638
• *Jonathan Kozol, “The Homeless and Their Children” 304
• Dorothea Lange, “Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family” [Image] 355
• The Library of Congress, “Manzanar War Relocation Center” [Image] 53
• “Man at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial” [Image] 639
• *Suze Orman, “How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” 355
• Gordon Parks, “American Gothic” [Image] 241
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• *Crystal Sabatke, “Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the
U.S.” 583
• *Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Troy Duster and Elizabeth Ransom,
Peter Singer, and Jim Hightower, “One Thing to Do About Food” 465
• *LaMer Stepptoe, “Multiracialness” 353
• Wislawa Szymborska “End and Beginning” [Poem] 636
• *Bridgid Stone, “My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic” 338
• *Deborah Tannen, “The Argument Culture” 474
• UNICEF, “Children and Work in Factories and Mines” [Image] 462
• World War II Poster, “Rosie the Riveter” [Image] 229

CULTURAL EXPLORATIONS
• *Margaret Atwood, “Letter to America” 168
• W. H. Auden, “Musee des Beaux Arts” [Poem] 607
• Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” [Fiction] 623
• *Christine Bishop, “English Only” 386
• *Christopher Caldwell, “Vows” 171
• *Sara Corbett, “Rick Steves’s Not-So-Lonely Planet” 289
• *Dudley Erskine Devlin, “Teaching Tolerance in America” 190
• Joy Harjo, “Perhaps the World Ends Here” [Poem] 635
• Dorothea Lange, “Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family” [Image] 355
• *Karyn Lewis, “Some Don’t Like their Blues at All” 264
• Aurora Levins Morales, “Child of the Americas” [Poem] 633
• Gordon Parks, “American Gothic” [Image] 241
• Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” 227
• *Elayne Rapping, “Watching the Eyewitless News” 422
• Norman Rockwell, “Triple Self-Portrait” [Image] 254
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