Writing First with Readings: Practice in Context
Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell have taught college composition and basic writing for more than 25 years and have authored many widely adopted textbooks includingPatterns for College Writing(2009),Foundations First: Sentences and Paragraphs(2008), and the new textFocus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays(2008). Laurie Kirszner teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Stephen Mandell is the founder and former director of the basic writing program at Drexel University, where he teaches composition, literature, and technical and business writing.