Synopsis
A collection of short fiction, compiled by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis, explores the world of education, teaching, and learning in works by Julia Alvarez, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Anton Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Toni Morrison, Flannery O'Connor, Tobias Wolff, and other distinguished writers. Original.
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About the Author
ROBERT COLES is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize—winning Children of Crisis. A professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School, he is also the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard. He lives in Massachusetts.
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In this remarkable anthology, some of the world s greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Coles for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teaching Stories is an invaluable collection in which novelists, essayists, and poets render school life in all its complexity and variety.
Featuring writings by James Agee Julia Alvarez Charles Baxter Raymond Carver John Cheever Anton Chekhov Erik H. Erikson Anna Freud Thomas Hardy Toni Morrison Howard Nemerov Flannery O Connor Tillie Olsen Leo Tolstoy Tobias Wolff Richard Yates
Ideal for educators and students of all ages, Teaching Stories will inspire anyone who loves great writing.
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