The Writer's Presence: A Pool of Readings
 DONALD McQUADE is professor of English and former dean of undergraduate studies and Vice Chancellor of University Affairs at the University of California, Berkeley. A past chair of CCCC, he has directed the writing programs at Berkeley and at Queens College, CUNY, and has published widely on American literature, American culture, and composition theory and practice. With his daughter Christine, he is coeditor ofSeeing & Writing, now in its third edition from Bedford/St. Martin's.ROBERT ATWAN is the director of The Blue Hills Writing Institute at Curry College and founder of theBest American Essaysseries, for which he serves as series editor. His essays and reviews have appeared in theNew York Times, theLos Angeles Times, Atlantic Monthly, andKenyon Review. For Bedford/St. Martin's, he has editedTen on Ten: Major Essayists on Recurring Themes; Our Times: Readings from Recent Periodicals, now in its fifth edition,America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals, now in its seventh edition, andConvergences, now available in its second edition.