Real Essays with Readings: Writing for Success in College, Work, and Everyday - Softcover

Anker, Susan; Moore, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1319054978 ISBN 13: 9781319054977

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2017

Synopsis

Connect writing with your real life and the expectations of the larger world as Real Essays with Readings develops the skills you need to be a successful writer in everday situations.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Anker (BA, MEd, Boston University) brings a unique perspective to the teaching of the developmental writing course. She taught English and developmental writing before entering college publishing, where she worked for eighteen years: as a sales representative and English/ESL editor at Macmillan Publishing Company; as developmental English/ESL editor, executive editor, and editor in chief at St. Martin s Press; and as vice president and editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors and students, maintaining her early interest in the field. Since the publication of the first edition of Real Writing in 1998, Anker has traveled extensively to campuses across the country, continuing her conversations with instructors and students and giving workshops and presentations. She believes that the writing course is, for many students, their first, best opportunity to learn the skills they will need to succeed in college and achieve their goals."

Review

"I consider Real Essays a co-teacher."

―Gary Matthews, Tougaloo College

"Real Essays is the right book for helping the right students become the right writers, thinkers, and citizens."

―Michelle Lindquist, Waubonsee Community College

"It has its greatest strength and best meets my students' needs through its clear explanations and plentiful examples and grammatical exercises. In short, the level it’s written on is exactly what I'm looking for in a textbook and what my students need."

―Tamara Shue, Perimeter College at Georgia State University

"One of the things I really like about the book is its recursiveness, as it keeps reaffirming the importance of steps taught earlier."

―Jennifer Dunn, Carroll Community College

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1319054978
• ISBN 13: 9781319054977
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 704