Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing

Mauk (Northwestern Michigan College) and Metz (University of Toledo) stress invention, inquiry, and revision in this text, emphasizing the connections between academic writing and everyday life. The layout has been created to integrate text, images, and two-page spreads. Each chapter presents readings with questions, and material on finding a topic, persuasive writing, organization, and voice. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

John Mauk has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing from Bowling Green State University and a Masters in Language and Literature from the University of Toledo. Scholarship includes an article on critical geography and composition (College English, March 2003). Mauk now teaches composition and rhetoric courses at Northwestern Michigan College. In 2007, he served on the NCTE Nominating Committee.

John Metz has a B.A. in English from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (1983) and an M.A. in English from the University of Toledo (1985). He has taught first year writing for over twenty years and currently teaches at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.