The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching - Softcover

VanderMey, Randall; Meyer, Verne; Van Rys, John; Sebranek, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495915831 ISBN 13: 9780495915836

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2011

Synopsis

Combining streamlined basic writing instruction with outstanding accessibility, THE COLLEGE WRITER is a fully updated 4-in-1 text--with a Rhetoric, a Reader, a Researcher, and a Handbook--for students at any skill level. The clear visual "at-a-glance" format helps students grasp larger concepts by linking them to pertinent examples. Throughout the text, numerous student and professional writing samples highlight important features of academic and career writing--from using the appropriate voice to how to incorporate references--and offer models for students' own papers.

About this title

About the Author:

Randall VanderMey (Ph.D. University of Iowa, M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop, M.A. University of Pennsylvania) is an associate professor in the Department of English at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He also has taught composition, literature, and technical writing at Iowa State University, Dordt College, and the University of Iowa. He is a contributing editor and creative consultant for Write Source. Dr. VanderMey has received numerous fellowships, grants, and awards for his teaching and poetry. He has published two books of poems, GROWING SOUL: A SONG CYCLE, GOD TALK, and CHARM SCHOOL: FIVE WOMEN OF THE ODYSSEY, as well as a commissioned biography, MERIZON: THE GREAT JOURNEY.

Review:

"I appreciated most the rhetorical approach your team has taken and the efforts you are making to deliver a 21st century writing resource that functions across the disciplines. . .Your team has clearly thought through what our writers need to be successful as communicators."

". . .this text is excellent. It covers the writing process and expository and research-based writing and presents thoughtful student and professional models. When I used it. . . I had a great response from my students."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0495915831
• ISBN 13: 9780495915836
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 752