The Norton Pocket Book of Writing by Students

by Melissa A. Goldthwaite

Overview

A Norton anthology of student writing.

This is a book that celebrates student writing—and honors the teaching that helps students produce such writing. It collects writing done by college students across the country and includes a call for papers, inviting students to submit their own writing for a prize and for inclusion in future editions of this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393932300
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/03/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Melissa A. Goldthwaite (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), General Editor, is Professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University, where she teaches composition, creative writing, and rhetorical theory. Her books include Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal (New York University Press, 2014), The Norton Pocketbook of Writing by Students (2010), Surveying the Literary Landscapes of Terry Tempest Williams (University of Utah Press, 2003), and The St. Martin’s Guide to Teaching Writing (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003, 2008, 2014).

Editorial Reviews

"In The Norton Pocket Book of Writing by Students, Melissa Goldthwaite serves up a veritable feast of student writing and invites us to pull up our chairs and dive in. Every teacher of writing is going to want to have a copy of this book, and to share it with our students."

Andrea Lunsford