Santi V. Buscemi,
Middlesex County College Charlotte Smith,
Adirondack Community College
ISBN: 0073405892 Copyright year: 2013
New to this Edition
Based on reviewers’ suggestions, we have included the following:
More essays on contemporary technology; food production, distribution, and use; and cultural identity in America.
New readings that add depth and diversity and that pique student interest:
Louise Erdrich: Beneath My House
Peter Elbow: Desperation Writing
Richard Rodriguez: “Blaxicans” and Other Reinvented Americans
Brandon Griggs: 12 Most Annoying Types of Facebookers
Gary Soto: Like Mexicans
Maxine Hong Kingston: Family Ghosts
Carlo Petrini: The Value and Price of Food
Rebecca Brown: Extreme Reading
Janet Kornblum: Tapping into Text Messaging
Michael Rubinkam: Texting in Class Is Rampant
Jonathan Safran Foer: Let Them Eat Dog
Sherman Alexie: Superman and Me
As before, 75 Readings Plus contains an eleventh chapter, which includes essays worth teaching because of the effective mix of rhetorical strategies they use.
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