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The Norton Reader 11e

Endorsements

The perfect compromise for our culturally diverse students…essays written by significant authors, showing us who we are and where we have been. I can’t wait for the semester to begin. A+"
—Brian Carter, Fresno City College

"The Norton Reader provides in [1,300] pages a liberal education for the intellectually curious college freshman."
—Nikitas Chrysostom, Quinsigamond Community College

"No other reader is so carefully and intelligently compiled."
—Anna Cole, Baldwin-Wallace College

"A collection of excellent essays by some of the most thoughtful and skillful…writers of our time."
—Uzoma Esonwanne, Southern Methodist University

"This book is extremely useful for a course I teach on writing narrative nonfiction. The breadth of selections is helpful because my goal is for the students to have a range of models—various time periods, styles, tones, and purposes."
—Matthew Cheney, New Hampton School