The Blair Reader (8th Edition)
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>The Blair Reader </I>encourages public discussion in the wider world by reading actively as well as critically and responding to the ideas of others. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">After more than twenty-five years of teaching composition, the authors have come to see reading and writing as interrelated activities: To write effectively, one must also read actively and critically. The authors have found and strongly believe that a reader is enriched and engaged when he/she view the reading and writing they do as a way of participating. From the beginning, the goal in <I>The Blair Reader </I>has always been to encourage these discussions in the wider world by responding to the ideas of others.</P>