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About the Books
About the Authors
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Chris M. Anson is Professor of English and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University. Before moving to North Carolina in 1999, he spent fifteen years at the University of Minnesota, where he was Morse-Alumni Distinguished teaching Professor and directed the Program in Composition from 1988-96. He has received numerous awards, including the Teaching Excellence Award from the State of Minnesota. Among his recent books are Scenarios for Teaching Writing: Contexts for Discussion and Reflective Practice (NCTE, 1993), Journals in the Classroom: Writing to Learn (Christopher-Gordon, 1995), and Under Construction: Working at the Intersections of Composition Theory, Research, and Practice (Utah State UP, 1998). His several dozen articles have appeared in numerous journals and edited collections. His research interests include writing to learn, response to writing, and the nature of literacy in and out of schools.Robert A. Schwegler received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago and has taught at the University of Cincinnati and Syracuse University. Currently Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island, he teaches a variety of first-year and upper-level undergraduate writing courses as well as graduate courses in rhetorical theory and composition research. His current research interests include the development of organizational communication in the English Renaissance, the social nature and roles of error, and the contrasting patterns of curricular development in composition and literary study. His articles and reviews have appeared in a variety of journals, including College English, JAC, College Composition and Communication, WPA, and Journal of American Folklore. He is the co-author of numerous books, includingThe Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Patterns in Action, and Patterns of Exposition. He is also co-editor of the forthcoming Coming of Age, a volume of essays about the development of upper-level writing courses and programs of study.
Marcia F. Muth teaches writing workshops for graduate students through the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. Besides having presented workshops on writing and research at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Fordham University at Lincoln Center, she has taught composition and literature at St. Peter's College (Englewood Cliffs) and Ohio State University. Her current research interests include applications of problem-based learning and adult learning strategies in composition courses. Her long-standing interest in Elizabethan royal panegyric was initially developed as she completed her Ph.D. at Ohio State University. As a writer and editor, she has worked on many composition textbooks, textbook ancillaries, grant proposals, technical reports, and community publications. As a writing consultant, she has led grant-writing workshops in Colorado and Kansas. She is the co-editor of Bergen County and the Future of Local Government: Symposium Proceedings and the co-author of The Longman Writer’s Companion, The Longman Pocket Writer’s Companion, and Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography (New Haven Press-Kluwer Academic).
A Note from the Authors
This book had its genesis many years ago in a question that came to us as we thought about the struggle of so many students to write strong college-level papers: why are writing handbooks so difficult to use? That question led us to begin exploring new ways that writing could be taught in the classroom and presented in a textbook. The result, The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, represents years of reflection on the processes of writing and learning. We hope that you'll find the book not only full of helpful information and advice, but also easy to use. In The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, we're proud to offer a text that will help you enjoy the process of becoming a better writer.
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