Real Essays with Readings: Writing Projects for College, Work, and Everyday Life

Written by the author of the remarkably successful Real Writing, Real Essays strengthens the writing and editing skills that students need to succeed in college, at work, and in everyday life. Maintaining a strong connection to the real world, the second edition does more to build the skills that are essential for success in the essay-writing course and for other college-level work. Expanded coverage of close, critical reading and new advice and assignments on writing about readings give students practical preparation for college success.

SUSAN ANKER (B.A., M.Ed, Boston University) taught English and developmental writing for several years before entering college publishing, where she worked for 18 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 editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors, maintaining her early interest in the area. Anker and her husband are the principals of Anker Publishing Company, which publishes professional development materials for higher education instructors and administrators. Her many years of experience talking and working with hundreds of developmental writing instructors across the country, and developing textbooks that meet the needs of these instructors and their students, have culminated in Real Writing and Real Essays.