Writing Places, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (August 6, 2012) © 2013

  • Paula Mathieu
  • Tim Lindgren
  • George Grattan
  • Staci Shultz
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Part of the Longman Topics reader series, Writing Places encourages students to examine the locations that define their past, present and future. As students begin to think critically and to write about these places, they realize that location is an enormous part of identity — both personally and academically.

This collection of readings offers a poignant and, oftentimes, moving variety of essays from writers of all ages, styles, and backgrounds. It is designed to be flexible to any teaching method and any composition class. The text is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is an introduction for both instructors and students to the concept of writing about place. The middle two chapters divide the essays by the period of time represented in the author’s work. The last chapter provides valuable instruction from start to finish for wiriting about place. It focuses specifically on how to better understand the meaning of place in life and writing. 

“Longman Topics” are brief, attractive readers on a single, complex, but compelling topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

Preface                                                                                                                        

      For Instructors 

      For Students

Chapter 1. Where Are We From?                                                                                                       

Introduction                                                                                         

            “Mom and the Kitchen” by Kimberly Wheaton

            “A History in Concrete” by Blaine Harden

            “On Being from Fargo” by Tim Lindgren

            “The Ship-Shape” by David Sedaris

            “The Coffee Shop” by Andrea Casassa

            “Say yah to da U.P., eh?” by Kathryn Carey

            “Where I’m From” by Felicia Madlock

            “The Most Radical Thing You Can Do” by Rebecca Solnit

Chapter 2. Where Are We?                                                                                                                 

            Introduction

            “Where I'm Writing From” by Derek Owens

            “By Dawn's Early Light” by Ron Fletcher

            “A Nation Divided” by Rose Arrieta

            “King's Chapel and Burying Ground” by Robin Dunn

            “Silence of the Lambswool Cardigans” by Rebecca Solnit

            “Robotic Iguanas” by Julia Corbett

            “The Effects of Fast Food Restaurants on the Caribbean People” by Alayne Brown

            “Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field” by Warren St. John

Chapter 3. Where Are We Going?                                                                               

            Introduction

            “Elm City” by Kevin Savage

            “My Fake Job” by Rodney Rothman

            “Borderland/Borderama/Detroit” by Jerry Herron

            “Scientific Applications” by Sonny Fabbri

            “On the Range” by Eric Schlosser

            “Apocalypse” by Junot Diaz

            “How Urban Planning Can Improve Public Health” by Jonathan Lerner

            “An Examination of Living Through Enjoyment: Live-Action Role-Play” by  Amanda Odum

            “Social Movements in the Age of Social Media: Participatory Politics in Egypt” by S. Craig Watkins

        “The Flavor of Hope” by Chiori Santiago

 

 

Chapter 4. Tools for Getting Places                                                                                          

            Techniques

Getting Oriented

                        Interviewing

                        Taking Notes as You Observe

                        Responding to Classmates’ Essays on Place or Culture

Tools for Exploring

                        Mobile Apps

Networked Scavenger Hunts

                        Bioregional Quizzes

Local Knowledge

Local Organizations

Neighborhood Writing Groups

Hyperlocal News and Blogging

Citizen Science

Maps and Geographic Data

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