Research for Writers: Advanced English Composition incorporates lively interviews with practitoners in a wide variety of writing fields from law to poetry. To illustrate:
The Argumentative Paper: An attorney is interviewed about preparing an argument for court.
The Explication: An award-winning poet reads and explains his work.
Journalism vs. Essays: Newspaper editors and editorial writers provide insight from their busy offices.
Electronic Sources: Information technologists offer suggestions for evaluating online sources.
Research for Writers features concise presentations in a news-anchor, business-like format on such timely topics and concepts as:
Drug use among athletes
Violence in the schools
Clothing as a form of identity
Modern day rites of passage
Graffiti and billboards as expressions of public art