Writing Today: Contexts and Options for the Real World, 2nd Edition

Pharr, Donald; Buscemi, Santi

ISBN 10: 007353322X / ISBN 13: 9780073533223

Published by McGraw-Hill Education (edition 2nd), 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing Today: Contexts and Options for the Real World, 2nd Edition
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (edition 2nd)
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007353322X
• ISBN 13: 9780073533223
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Writing Today begins with a chapter helping students learn the skills they will need to thrive throughout college and continues to promote reading and writing as practical tools both in college and in the work world. Full chapters on Group Projects and Oral Presentations teach students how to not only be successful in the classroom, but in the world of work as well. Now with a full-color design, students are sure to be engaged as they focus on the both the academic and professional contexts of writing.

About the Authors

Donald Pharr received his bachelors degree from Indiana State University and his masters and doctorate from the University of Georgia. He is the co-author (with Gerald J. Schiffhorst) of the The Short Handbook for Writers, second edition. He taught for many years in the Florida community college system, where he specialized in applied composition: business, technical, and science writing. As well he has spent almost two decades consulting as a technical writer and editor. Dr. Pharr is currently associate professor of English at Saint Leo University.

Santi V. Buscemi teaches reading, composition, and literature at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he was chair of the Department of English for twenty-eight years. He is the author of A Reader for College Writers, 75 Readings, and 75 Readings Plus. He has lectured on freshman composition and developmental education at regional and national conferences in the United States and South Africa.