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Simplicity Biographical This HarperCollins author page includes a very brief biography of Zinsser, a photograph, and information about On Writing Well and Writing to Learn.http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=10881 Read this Jerry Jazz Musician in-depth interview with Zinsser. The author discusses his life, his relationship with jazz musicians Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell, and the process of writing about them. The site includes photographs and a sound file of Mitchell playing "Laura" on the piano. http://66.51.167.104/mainHTML.cfm?page=zinsser.html#About%20William%20Zinsser Cultural Zinsser is probably best known for his books about writing, including On Writing Well, which is read widely both within and outside the academic world. Read editorial and customer reviews of the book. Based on these reviews, would you consult On Writing Well to help improve your writing? Amazon.com also features this excerpt from the book. How does its tone differ from your textbook's? How does Zinsser use personal narrative to introduce a more universal subject? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060006641/104-5749326-8143907 http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060006641/ref=sib_dp_bod_ex/104-5749326-8143907?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S004#reader-link Here is an essay by Zinsser about the pressure college students are under and the value of paying attention "to the blithe spirit inside." How goal-oriented are you and your friends? If you feel pressure, where does it come from mostly—your parents, your friends, your professors, society, or yourself? http://staff.bcc.edu/jalexand/Zinsser--College_Pressures.htm Purdue's Online Writing Lab is a great resource for college writers. This page offers links to all their handouts, organized by category, that span topics from using commas correctly to writing a resume. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html Bibliographical In this essay, Zinsser explores what he calls his "lifelong love affair with typography." How does a book's design or a paper's font influence your reading of it? http://www.globalprovince.com/zindart-zinsser.htm Reviewer Ronald Kovach suggests re-reading On Writing Well once a year. Does this piece about the book make you more likely to seek it out? Are there any books that you would recommend reading once a year? http://www.writermag.com/wrt/default.aspx?c=a&id=491 |