Write to Learn

Donald M. Murray

ISBN 10: 0155054481 / ISBN 13: 9780155054486

Published by Harcourt College Pub, 1998

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Write to Learn
• Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155054481
• ISBN 13: 9780155054486
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

OVERVIEW
Write to Learn, Sixth Edition, is a rhetoric written for the beginning composition student. Donald Murray--a pioneer of the process writing approach--takes students step-by-step through the writing process with the goal of helping them to find their own process and style of writing. With his supportive writer-to-writer voice, Don Murray creates a unique relationship between author and beginning writer that helps to instill confidence in the beginning writer as he shares both his struggles and successes. By using examples of his own writing and the writing of both students and professionals, Don Murray offers beginning writers numerous examples from which to model and learn.

About the Author

Donald M. Murray was a Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire where he inaugurated a journalism program, helped establish a graduate program in Composition Studies, and served as director of Freshman English and English Department chairperson. He twice won awards for his teaching and was awarded honorary doctoral degrees by the University of New Hampshire in 1990, Fitchburg State College in 1992, and New Hampshire College in 1997. As a journalist, Murray won a number of awards including the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in the _Boston Herald_ in 1954. He was an editor of _Time_ and has served as writing coach for several newspapers, including the _Boston Globe_ and the _Providence Journal_. In 1991 Boston magazine and in 1996 _Improper Bostonian_ magazine selected him best columnist in Boston. In 1997 the University of New Hampshire opened the Donald M. Murray Journalism Library. He received recognition for Lifetime Achievement during the New Hampshire Literary Awards in 2001. In 2003 _Writing on the Edge_ established the Donald M. Murray Prize. This award is given to the author of the best work of creative nonfiction on the subject of writing published the previous year.