Heritage: African American Readings for Writers - Tapa blanda

The first edition of HERITAGE: AFRICAN AMERICAN READINGS FOR WRITING was praised as a great resource for students who come to college with a limited knowledge of the African-American experience. Instructors and students appreciated the diversity of writers in the first edition, which showed that African-American writers and African-American people have a lot in common.

Most important, however, is HERITAGE has become a proven text that prods students to think and write with confidence.

• Over 20 new readings, including works from Queen Latifah, Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker, W.E.B. DuBois; and Maya Angelou.
• A process-oriented approach to writing highlighted by early chapters on planning, writing, and revising and editing.
• A combination of essays, fiction, poems, and student essays in each chapter.
• A section of longer and more challenging supplementary readings at the end of the text.
• A brief biographical sketch of the author introducing each reading.