Writing in the Works 2016 - Softcover

Blau, Susan; Burak, Kathryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1337281034 ISBN 13: 9781337281034

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

In this fourth edition of WRITING IN THE WORKS, the authors focus on writing as both an academic and practical tool. At the same time, they have updated the content and spirit of the book to prepare you to thrive in the contemporary writing environment. You will learn to write for the digital world�where visual and verbal messages are inseparable�and do so by exploring ideas that will engage the real-world audiences you will encounter long after your college years. Equipped with the skills you will learn for many writing applications�including analyses for college courses, reports and proposals for work, blogs and editorials, podcasts, infographics, and more�you will be prepared to ride the global communication wave as a more confident, capable writer. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2016 MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

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About the Author

Susan Blau was a professor and director of the Undergraduate Writing program and the Writing Center at Boston University's College of Communication. She received her BS in Education from the University of Vermont and her MA in English from the University of Connecticut, and was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Her background is in linguistics, composition and rhetoric, and American Literature. She has taught writing in both English and Communication Departments and has published articles, conducted workshops, and presented papers at national conferences on the topics of teaching writing, writing across the curriculum, and writing center research and practice. Kathryn Burak has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in English from Kutztown University. She has taught writing at North Carolina State University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Boston University. She is the author of a novel, EMILY'S DRESS AND OTHER MISSING THINGS, and her poetry, fiction, and essays have been published in such journals and magazines as Fiction, Missouri Review, Western Humanities Review, Gettysburg Review, Belt, and Seventeen. Her interests include teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1337281034
• ISBN 13: 9781337281034
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 688