Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers

by Thomas Cooley (Editor)

A fresh take on the traditional modes, showing how they are used in texts of all kinds, and that they are central to all the writing, speaking, and thinking that we do. The Second Edition contains 34 new readings that teachers will want to teach and students will like to read, from Steven Pinker’s “Mind Over Mass Media” to Alex Horton’s “Advice for College-bound Vets,” as well as a chapter on academic writing, and editorial apparatus that explicitly links the readings to the writing instruction, with notes in the margins leading students from the text to specific examples in the readings―and the reverse.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Essays

668 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ben]

The good parts are things you will run into in other classes, the bad parts are really awful. They try to put as many styles and types of people as they can, but this ruins the whole thing. Not worth the price tag at all. Flannery O'Connor on one page and a awful speech by a crap politician on the next. This book is a scam to make a professor money for doing next to nothing, other than publishing a collection of stories and speeches he likes, as if some kind of literary mixed tape. Here's a novel idea... make your own literary mixed tape and spend the $50.00 on groceries.

[Emily Shipley]

It works.

[Larry]

2nd edition of this uber-reliable textbook I've been using for my Comp I classes -- students love the first edition. Looking forward to checking it out!

[Marialuisa]

This is my requiere book for my ENC 1101 class. Does anyone has it that I can borrow? Just checking before I purchase it.

[Barbara]

For those who love to read and write, and for those who want to improve their writing.