Literature for Life
“…this is a text that uses thematics thoughtfully and deeply rather than sparsely andsporadically.Literature for Life, as both its title and content suggests, attempts to forge aclose relationship between students’ reading and life experiences.”—Erin Radcliffe,Central New Mexico College “These chapters (reading chapters) are flat-out superb, at least for me: They include and“codify” every element I have used to break down our literature structurally, which thestudents respond to well. Your poetry unit is exceptionally good, what with its clearlydefined and well-illustrated bits on poetics: meter, imagery, etc. This whole chapter is anorderly, clear, comprehensive, and very teachable masterpiece.”—Vicki J. Sapp,Tarrant County College “Overall, the textbook is thoughtful and useful. I believe that the authors really putthought into selecting texts that will work for many, many types of students, and this isimportant. I can definitely see myself selecting this text for use. I would have to do verylittle to supplement this text in my classes. I will propose its acceptance to our textbookcommittee once it is in print.”—Anne C. Spurlock,Mississippi State University “I do think this will resonate with students based on the approach of the text. Studentsoften don’t see the relevance of literature, but the themes are such that students see theconnection between the writings and their own lives.”—Africa Fine,Palm Beach State College “Literature for Lifeis a student-friendly, college-composition, literary text written in adirect, fluid manner that cannot help but engage student and instructor alike in theprocesses of critical reading, writing, and thinking. Don’t take my word for it; just ordera copy today and see what I mean.”—Rebecca McLauchlin Whitten,Mississippi State University