The Bedford book of genres : a guide & reader

Guide -- pt. 1. Experimenting with genres : from analysis to draft -- 1. Understanding genres -- Wall arch collapses (press release) / Paul Henderson -- The wall arch collapses in Arches National Park (blog post) / Shaan Hurley -- Prescription for change (collage/sculpture) / Kristen LaCroix -- How and why I created my collage/sculpture (artist's statement) / Kristen LaCroix -- 2. Narrative genres -- Hunger of memory (literacy narrative) / Richard Rodriguez -- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (memoir) / Dave Eggers -- Fun home : a family tragicomic (graphic memoir) / Alison Bechdel -- "Life in the Googleplex" (photo essay) / Eros Hoagland -- Little Red Riding Hood (fairy tale) / Charles Perrault -- 55 miles to the gas pump (short story) / Annie Proulx -- Night of the living dead (dramatic film) / George A. Romero & John A. Russo -- 3. Informative genres -- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Global warming (encyclopedia entry) / Michael E. Mann, [et al. . ] -- Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac? (chart/infographic) / Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine -- For cats, a big gulp with a touch of the tongue (news article) / Nicholas Wade -- Mixed-race superstars (peer-reviewed journal article) / Sika Dagbovie-Mullins -- BurgerMap, Alaska, "Kriner's diner" / Chris Peterson -- From scratch (documentary film) / Doug Pray -- Video project (business memo) / Ellen Thibault -- 4. Persuasive genres -- Detox with Evian (advertisement) / Danone/Evian and Havas Worldwide -- Adam and Steve : together at last (editorial/opinion piece) / Katha Pollitt -- Are kids on a one-way path to violence? (research argument) / Chase Dickinson -- Why and how I created my collage : "thank you" (artist's statement) / Michael Kipp -- Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (collage) / Richard Hamilton -- The doodle revolution (presentation) / Sunni Brown -- "Stat-at-home-dad" (personal statement) / Top Law Schools .com -- Application for marketing assistant job (cover letter & resume) / Julia Nollen -- Ratatouille : waiter, there's a rat in my soup (film review) / Roger Ebert -- pt. 2. Composing in genres : from start to finish -- 5. Exploring topics & creating a research proposal -- Choosing a topic through basic research -- Moving from a research question to a proposal -- Organizing your sources -- 6. Evaluating & choosing sources -- 7. Integrating & documenting sources -- Quoting, paraphrasing, & summarizing -- Documenting sources : a guide to MLA & APA styles -- 8. Composing in genres -- Superhero comics and social attitudes (essay, exploratory draft) / Gwen Ganow -- Rough drafting -- Rereading & annotating sources -- Choosing a genre to compose in -- Composing your genre piece -- Composing author's or artist's statement -- 9. Revising & remixing your work -- Remixing your work into different genres -- 10. Assembling a multigenre project -- Video games and violence : who should we blame when kids are violent? / Neil Carr -- When worlds collide : why superheroes matter / Gwen Ganow -- The threat of nature deficit disorder / Dawson Swan --

Reader -- 11. Identity -- Identity & stuff -- Snoop : what your stuff says about you (researched argument) / Sam Gosling -- Shaping identity -- Last words (humor essay) / Garrison Keillor -- First person plural (essay) / Paul Bloom -- A boy's life (researched essay) / Hanna Rosin -- What folks are made of (nursery rhyme) / Unknown -- American identity -- The myth of majority-minority America (editorial) / Matthew Yglesias -- What makes the Jewish deli quintessentially American (editorial blog post) / Ted Merwin -- No who you expected? Shameya, age 18; Jeff, age 44 (poster/ad campaign) / Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County -- Subculture identity -- How to become a geek (Wiki entry) / eHow -- Patti Smith : she is a punk rocker (interview) / Deborah Solomon -- 12. The body -- "I sing the body electric" (poem) / Walt Whitman -- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (instructions) / University of Washington School of Medicine -- The health and medical history of President Ronald Reagan (medical history) / Dr. John G. Sotos, a.k.a. Doctor Zebra -- Food, obesity, and fat advocacy -- Six food rules (list/argument) / Michael Pollan -- After decades of trying, its moment is finally here (essay) / Regina Schrambling -- the inner corset : a brief history of fat in the U.S. (research essay) / Laura Fraser -- Fat pride world wide : the growing movement for avoirdupois acceptance (essay) / Juliet Samuel -- Big Fat Blog, about Big Fat Blog & about fat acceptance (blog pages) / Paul McAleer & Carrie Padian -- Give me your tired, your poor, your big fat asses (essay) / Daniel Engber -- The brain & mental health -- Electroboy : a memoir of mania / Andy Behrman -- Women's depiction in drug ads : holdover from a bygone era? (journal news article) / Joan Arehart-Treichel -- Dear Theo & Portrait of Dr. Gachet, seated at a table (letter & painting) / Vincent van Gogh -- Van Gogh in Auvers (article) / Lyn Garrity -- Cigarettes, drugs & alcohol -- Joe Chemo (spoof ad) / Adbusters Magazine -- Vintage cigarette ads (portfolio of ads) / Stanford School of Medicine (curators) -- Addiction is a national concern ; drugs and alcohol at a glance (map & chart) / John Hoffman & Susan Froemke --

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