The Community Reader: Dialogues of Past, Present, and Future Writers

This text approaches reading and writing as acts of community, involving intercourse with past and present writers, and viewing them as essentially humane acts that connect the reader/writer with others. The two initial chapters define reading and writing in those terms, while the anthology chapters explore the concept of community as it is written about by a wide variety of authors. The thematic focus of the reader helps students make connections and comparisons between readings, since - despite their versatility - all the readings are linked, being about groups of people joined together in a community of one kind or another.