Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)Chapter 5:
Education and Society: How, What, and Why Do We Learn?Author Biography LinksFREDERICK DOUGLASS, Learning to Read and Write Author Biography Links Here is a link to the Frederick Douglass Papers Project from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html This link to Douglass's biography on the PBS site also includes some links for further reading.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html The homepage of The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site has a photo of Douglass, a biographical sketch, and some links to Frederick Douglass resources.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, The Lonely, Good Company of Books Author Biography Links For a bit of background information about Rodriguez, click to his "Off Camera" biography at the Online NewsHour site. You will also find a photo, as well as links to some of his essays.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/ essays/essayist_rodriguez.html This interview with Rodriguez, which revolves around the metaphor of the Melting Pot, provides other glimpses of the author's life.
http://www.scottlondon.com/insight/scripts/rodriguez.html
LOUIS MENAND, The Graduates Author Biography Links The site below is “maintained by devoted fans of Louis Menand." Check the introductory and bio pages on it against the other sites that follow for content and accuracy. How and why do the sites differ?
http://www.louismenand.org/ This link is Menand's Harvard faculty page, with a photograph and brief biographical sketch.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~amciv/faculty/menand.shtml Here is a brief biographical sketch and list of articles by Menand from The New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/louis_menand/search?contributorName=louis%20menand This is a review of Menand's The Marketplace of Ideas from Slate.com. Is this a book that would interest you? Why or why not?
http://www.slate.com/id/2241555/
VARTAN GREGORIAN, America, Still on Top Author Biography Links This biography is from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, of which Gregorian is president.
http://carnegie.org/about-us/presidents-corner/ The link here provides a chronological profile, bibliography, and photo of Gregorian.
http://www.nndb.com/people/238/000162749/ Here are articles about and by Gregorian in The New York Times.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/ people/g/vartan_gregorian/index.html
ANNA QUINDLEN, Sex Ed Author Biography Links This is Anna Quindlen's official site, maintained by her publisher. It has a bio, photo, and more.
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/aquindlen/ What else do you learn about the author by reading this interview, in which Quindlen discusses New York?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/quindlen.html
SUSAN JACOBY, When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time” Author Biography Links Jacoby's own Web site is maintained here. It includes biographical information, excerpts, and reviews.
http://www.susanjacoby.com/ Another Jacoby biography appears on this PBS page. Does it fill in any gaps left out of the biography from her site?
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/jacoby.html
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