Many individuals contributed significantly to the tenth edition of The Bedford Guide for College Writers, and we extend our sincerest thanks to all of them.

Editorial Advisory Board

As we began to prepare the tenth edition, we assembled an editorial advisory board to respond to the many significant changes we planned and to share ideas about how to make the book more useful to both students and teachers. These dedicated instructors responded thoroughly and insightfully to new features of the text, answered innumerable questions, and suggested many ideas, activities, and assignments. They also submitted student papers and in ways large and small helped to shape the new and revised sections of the tenth edition. We are extremely grateful to each one of them:

Other Colleagues

We also extend our gratitude to instructors across the country who took time and care to review this edition, to participate in a focus group, to send us their students’ work, and to share excellent suggestions gleaned from their experience. For this we thank

We also want to acknowledge the tremendous and enduring help provided by reviewers of previous editions. Their expert ideas and suggestions live on in the pages of this edition.

Mary Ellen Ackerman, Alice B. Adams, Rosemary R. Adams, Ted Allder, Patricia Allen, Steve Amidon, David Auchter, Mary Baken, Renee Bangerter, Stuart Barbier, Marci Bartolotta, Barry Batorsky, Shannon Beasley, Randolph A. Beckham, Pamela J. Behrens, Carmine J. Bell, Kay Berg, Tanya Boler, Jan Bone, Jeannie Boniecki, Debbie Boyd, Crystal Brothe, Barbara Brown, Karen Davis Brown, Ty Buckman, Rita Buscher-Weeks, Joan Campbell, Sarah Canfield-Fuller, Terri Carine, Tom Casey, Sandra L. Cavender, Steve Cirrone, Susan Romayne Clark, Laurie Lopez Coleman, Ted Contreras, Nancy Cook, Connie Corbett-Whittier, Jane Corbly, Monica Cox, Carolyn Craft, Sheilah Craft, Mary Cullen, P. R. Dansby, Fred D’Astoli, Ed Davis, Patricia Ann Delamar, John Dethloff, Dale Dittmer, Helen Duclos, Irene Duprey-Gutierrez, Corinna Evett, Carol Luers Eyman, Rosary Fazende-Jones, Patrick Finn, Leora Freedman, Julie Freeman, Lisa J. Friedrich-Harris, LaDonna Friesen, Sandy Fuhr, Jan Fulwiler, Pamela Garvey, Mary Ann Gauthier, Michael Gavin, Caroline Gebhard, Olga Geissler, Barbara Gleason, Robert Gmerlin, Aaron Goldweber, Daniel Gonzales, Sherry F. Gott, Daniel V. Gribbin, Robert Grindy, Joyce Hall, Jefferson Hancock, Alyssa Harad, Johnnie Hargrove, M. Suzanne Harper, Judy Hatcher, Elaine Hays, Stephen B. Heller, Virginia Scott Hendrickson, Marlene Hess, Diana Hicks, Marita Hinton, Tom Hodges, Susanna Hoeness-Krupsaw, Jane Holwerda, Patricia Hunt, Karen Keaton Jackson, Elizabeth Jarok, Barbara Jensen, Greg Jewell, Jean L. Johnson, Ted Johnston, Andrew Jones, Anne D. Jordan, M. L. Kayser, Cynthia Kellogg, Dimitri Keriotis, Kate Kiefer, Yoon Sik Kim, Kaye Kolkmann, Fred A. Koslowski III, Brandy Kreisler, Sandra Lakey, Norman Lanquist, Colleen Lloyd, Denise Longsworth, Stephen Ma, Susan Peck MacDonald, Jennifer Madej, Janice Mandile, Phil Martin, Gerald McCarthy, Miles S. McCrimmon, Jackie McGrath, Eileen Medeiros, Jenna Merritt, Elizabeth Metzger, Eric Meyer, Mike Michaud, Heather Michael, Libby Miles, Anthony C. Miller Sr., Sandra Moore, Cleatta Morris, Robert Morse, Julie A. Myatt, Sheryl A. Mylan, Clement Ndulute, Jerry Nelson, Annie Nguyen, Kimme Nuckles, Peggy J. Oliver, Laura Osborne, Brit Osgood-Treston, Roy Kenneth Pace II, Mike Palmquist, Geraldine C. Pelegano, Zachary Perkinson, Laurel S. Peterson, Mary F. Pflugshaupt, Marianne G. Pindar, John F. Pleimann, Kenneth E. Poitras, Michael Punches, Patrice Quarg, Jeanie Page Randall, Betty Ray, Joan Reteshka, Mark Reynolds, Kira Roark, Peggy Roche, Dawn Rodrigues, Amy Rosenbluth, Samantha Ruckman, Ann Westmoreland Runsick, Karin Russell, Joyce Russo, Wendy Schmidt, Nancy J. Schneider, Janis Schulte, Susan Schurman, Patricia C. Schwindt, Sara E. Selby, Herbert Shapiro, Andrea Shaw, Candice Simmons, Suzanne Skipper, Elizabeth Smart, Ognjen Smiljanic, Allison Smith, Patrick Smith, David Sorrells, Ann Spencer-Livingstone, Lori Spillane, Scott R. Stankey, Leroy Sterling, Dean Stover, Ellen Straw, Monnette Sturgill, Ronald Sudol, Darlene Summers, David Tammer, William G. Thomas, Daphne Thompson, Janice M. Vierk, Dave Waddell, Christopher Walker, Laurie Walker, Lori Weber, Bridgette Weir, Carol Westcamp, Patricia South White, Susan Whitlow, Jim Wilcox, Carmiele Wilkerson, Mary Zacharias, and Valerie P. Zimbaro.

Contributors

The tenth edition could not have been completed without the help of numerous individuals. Special thanks go to Dana Waters (Dodge City Community College) for once again revising Practical Suggestions. Jennifer Krisuk (Dodge City Community College) contributed an insightful new section, “Teaching with Tablets,” to Practical Suggestions. We thank her for the care she took in sharing her knowledge on this topic. Text from two faculty members — Kathleen Beauchene at Community College of Rhode Island and Pamela Laird at University of Colorado Denver — appears in and enhances Chapter 15, “Writing Online,” and Chapter 24, “Strategies for Future Writing,” respectively. Stefanie Wortman and Wendy Perkins were excellent resources in developing apparatus for the new reading selections. Art researcher Naomi Kornhauser helped us by finding eye-catching and thought-provoking photographs and other images. She also cleared permissions for the art. Caryn Burtt efficiently cleared text permissions under the able guidance of Kalina Ingham. Shannon Walsh contributed tremendously to the Reader and e-Pages. Kate Mayhew helped us with expert e-Pages research. Candace Rardon was our special student consultant on many matters concerning student writing and brought her great energy and valuable perspective to the project.

For the functional and attractive design adjustments that grace the tenth edition, we thank the very talented and patient graphic designer Lisa Buckley. Anna Palchik, senior art director, also played a crucial role in the design, from the first imagining to the late fine-tuning stages.

We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of photographer David L. Ryan. His beautiful and unusual photographs of urban bathers, boats, commuters, and playing fields appear at the beginnings of Parts One through Four and on pages A-63–A-64. We are honored to feature these works, and we thank the artist for letting us include them.

Student Writers

We offer sincere thanks to all the students who have challenged us over the years to find better ways to help them learn. In particular, we would like to thank those who granted us permission to use their essays in the tenth edition. Focused as this textbook is on student writing, we consider it essential to provide effective sample essays by students. Earlier editions, as well as this one, included the writings of Richard Anson, Cristina Berrios, Linn Bourgeau, Betsy Buffo, Jonathan Burns, Andrew Dillon Bustin, Anne Cahill, Yun Yung Choi, Heather Church, David Ian Cohn, Heather Colbenson, Olof Eriksson, Marjorie Lee Garretson, Sarah E. Goers, Stephanie Hawkins, Cindy Keeler, Heidi Kessler, Melissa Lamberth, Emily Lavery, Daniel Matthews, Angela Mendy, Jennifer Miller, Susanna Olsen, Shari O’Malley, Candace Rardon, Lorena A. Ryan-Hines, Lindsey Schendel, Erin Schmitt, Robert G. Schreiner, Rachel Steinhaus, Lacey Taylor, Joshua Tefft, Leah Threats, Joel Torres, Lillian Tsu, Donna Waite, Arthur Wasilewski, Christopher Williams, and Carrie Williamson.

New to the tenth edition are the writings of Joseph Cauteruccio Jr., Elizabeth Erion, Alea Eyre, Jacob Griffin, Alley Julseth, Shannon Kintner, Jenny Lidington, Abigail Marchand, Schyler Martin, Benjamin Reitz, and Maria Thompson.

Editorial

At Bedford/St. Martin’s two individuals merit special recognition. President of Bedford/St. Martin’s Denise B. Wydra (also a former editor of The Bedford Guide) continues to contribute invaluable suggestions for improving the book for both students and instructors. We also greatly value the guidance of editor in chief Karen S. Henry, who has helped sustain the direction of the book throughout many editions and who has provided perceptive advice at crucial points in the development of the current edition.

The editorial effort behind this edition was truly a team endeavor. Marcia F. Muth assumed a major authorial role in the seventh edition, answering needs expressed by users with many exciting new features. She has continued in that role through the tenth edition, bringing innovation to every part of the book and making it an even stronger resource for all students, regardless of their skill level. Senior editor Martha Bustin brought fresh eyes and great insight to this edition, encouraging lively innovation while patiently coordinating text, design, and images. Associate editor Regina Tavani skillfully and thoughtfully developed the e-Pages and the new Concise edition. She was a key team member, tackling many crucial and time-sensitive jobs, large and small. Editorial assistant Brenna Cleeland joined the team when the book was in its final stages and lent her efficient help to ongoing work on the print and electronic ancillaries. Kimberly Hampton guided the production of the electronic resources, bringing creativity and energy to the development of the e-book and other parts of the book’s ancillary package.

Other members of the Bedford/St. Martin’s staff contributed greatly to the tenth edition. Many thanks and heartfelt appreciation go to Gregory Erb, who, with an exacting eye, great patience, and good humor, shepherded the book through production. Under Greg’s care, the production process could not have gone more smoothly. Sue Brown, Elise Kaiser, and Elizabeth Schaaf helped immensely with production’s “big picture” issues. Marine Bouvier Miller created the lovely redesign of the book’s cover. Molly Parke skillfully coordinated the marketing of the book and offered much good advice based on feedback from the field. Karen Melton Soeltz and Jane Helms also offered valuable marketing advice. The book’s promotion was ably handled by Mike Paparisto. Pelle Cass generously contributed to the pages (located after the appendices) about the book’s four part-opening photographs and about key correspondences between the work of writers and photographers.

Marcia Muth is especially grateful to the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver for sponsoring her writing workshops. She also thanks CU Online for its many creative suggestions about online instruction, especially those presented at Web Camp and in The CU Online Handbook: Teach Differently: Create and Collaborate. Special appreciation also goes to Mary Finley, University Library at California State University Northridge, and Rodney Muth, University of Colorado Denver, for ongoing expert advice. Finally, we once again thank our friends and families for their unwavering patience, understanding, and encouragement.