The Short Prose Reader Book

* indicates a selection new to this editionChapter 1: On Writing *Russell Baker: On Becoming a Writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: How to Write with Style Amy Tan: Mother Tongue William Zinsser: Simplicity Chapter 2: On Reading Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings *Judith Ortiz Cofer: Volar Malcolm X: Prison Studies Ellen Tashie Frisina: “See Spot Run”: Teaching My Grandmother to Read Chapter 3: Description *Annie Dillard: In the Jungle Maxine Hong Kingston: Catfish in the Bathtub Richard Selzer: The Discus Thrower Virginia Woolf: The Death of the Moth Chapter 4: Narration Elizabeth Wong: The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl Langston Hughes: Salvation George Orwell: A Hanging Grace Paley: Travelling Chapter 5: Illustration Brent Staples: Night Walker Barbara Ehrenreich: What I've Learned from Men *Amarty Sen: A World Not Neatly Divided Lewis Thomas: Death in the Open Chapter 6: Comparison and Contrast Rachel Carson: A Fable for Tomorrow (and more...)