The Blair Reader

This thematic collection of readings offers provocative selections, questions, and suggestions for writing designed to appeal to readers with varied backgrounds and reading levels. It encourages readers to think critically about a variety of contemporary issues that shape the world. Contains 125 thematically arranged, diverse, high-interest readings, including 114 essays, 2 short stories, and 7 poems. Combines time-tested favorites with provocative new pieces and represents a balance of genders, races, cultures, and viewpoints. Themes include Family and Memory, Issues in Education, The Politics of Language, Media and Society, Women and Men, The American Dream, The Wired Revolution, Medicine and Human Values, Earth in the Balance, and Making Choices. For anyone interested in contemporary literature.