Double re-recommendation for Barbara Ehrenreich's
Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. (1) It's a fantastic look at the lives of the invisible poor, the sorts of people you don't see sitcoms about. If you haven't read it yet, you should.
(2) It's a great book for Comp 101. It's probably been the single most popular book I've used in all my .7 months of teaching. The kids really dig it, and it gets them talking. (It's been much smoother going than
The Things They Carried, which I used last semester, and which is also a great book.)
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Gerry Canavan @ 2:30 PM
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