Sticks and Stones: And Other Student Essays - Softcover

Axelrod, Rise B.; Cooper, Charles R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1319023452 ISBN 13: 9781319023454

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2015

Synopsis

Sticks and Stones presents diverse and accessible models for your writing assignments through an exceptional collection of essays written by students around the country.

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About the Author

Rise B. Axelrod is McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence, Emeritus, at the University of California, Riverside, where she was also director of English Composition. She has previously been professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino; director of the College Expository Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder; and assistant director of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College)Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is the co-author, with Charles R. Cooper, of the best-selling textbook "The" "St. Martin's Guide to Writing "as well as "The Concise Guide to Writing "and "Reading Critically, Writing Well.

"Charles R. Cooper is an emeritus professor at the University of California, San Diego. He served as coordinator of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College) Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego, andco-director of the San Diego Writing Project, one of the National Writing Project Centers. He advised the National Assessment of Educational Progress Writing (1973-1981) and coordinated the development of California's first statewide writing assessment (1986-1991). He taught at the University of California, Riverside; the State University of New York at Buffalo; and the University of California, San Diego. He is co-editor, with Lee Odell, of "Evaluating Writing" and "Research on Composing: Points of Departure," and he is co-author, with Rise Axelrod, of the best-selling textbook "The" "St. Martin's Guide to Writing "as well as "The Concise Guide to Writing "and "Reading Critically, Writing Well.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1319023452
• ISBN 13: 9781319023454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240