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Chapter 9

Mike Rose
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Pico Iyer

 


Mike Rose

"Writing Around Rules"

Biographical:

This is Rose's page at U.C.L.A., where he's been a professor for a number of years. There, you'll find a photo, a statement about his academic interests, and a selected bibliography.

Here's a brief biography with a photo of Rose and a couple of related links.

Bibliographical:

Click here to read an excerpt from Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America.

Here are three abstracts of reports Rose has written about remediation in reading and writing. What can you tell about the reports from the abstracts? What kinds of questions would make consulting the reports themselves necessary?

For some more of Rose's work in etext, click here to read six excerpts from his book Lives on the Boundary.

Cultural:

Mike Rose often writes about school reform. Does that sound like a topic you would like to research? This directory from Google.com is sure to give you lots of good ideas and way to narrow your approach.

 


Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

"How to Write with Style"

Biographical and Bibliographical

Kurt Vonnegut's official site has a biography, news, and information on his artwork.

Vonnegutweb is one of the more comprehensive Vonnegut sites on the web, with a bibliography, archives, interviews, and more.

Cultural

Here is a fairly recent interview with Vonnegut about current events. He explores similar themes in his essay "Cold Turkey." Do you agree with his views? Why or why not?

 


Pico Iyer

"In Praise of the Humble Comma"

Biographical

Here is an interview with Pico Iyer from the Powells website.

Cultural

This piece on Iyer was written for Salon.com's"Writers We Love" series. For more formal instructions on comma usage, visit thissite.

Bibliographical

Here is a piece of Iyer's from the Asian edition of Time magazine.

This is the website for the U.S. version of Time, to which Iyer also contributes.