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Nella Larsen's 1929 novella follows friends Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, two black women who pass as white. Their anxieties about passing culminate in tragedy, revealing the powerful repercussions of hiding one's identity. Nearly a century later, Larsen's exploration of race remains urgent and relevant as ever.

Viviendo en dos Lenguas es un recorrido por la memoria, el poder de la palabra y la capacidad de resiliencia de la mano de estudiantes de la clase de español para hablantes de herencia del colegio comunitario de Chemeketa. Son historias de vida, donde los protagonistas experimentan realidades complejas de inmigración, violencia, discriminación, y opresión lingüstica. Sin embargo, en una narrativa valiente, marcada por una introspección profunda, hacen de la adversidad, su potencial. Los estudiantes retoman su capital lingüstico y públicamente hacen que sus voces trasciendan y sus historias perduren, como un acto de amor a su lengua materna, en una dinámica de alternancia contacto, hasta de amalgamamiento entre el español y el inglés, lejos de toda supresión. Este libro puede servir para estudios en el campo de ciencias sociales y humanas. También, como material de consulta o de inspiración para profesores y estudiantes que quieran realizar experiencias similares. Living In Two Languages is a journey through memory, the power of the word, and the capacity for resilience by students in the Spanish for Heritage Speakers at Chemeketa Community College. These are life stories, where the protagonists experience the complex realities of immigration, violence, discrimination, and linguistic oppression. However, in a brave narrative, marked by deep introspection, they make adversity their potential. In a public way, the students make their voices transcend and their stories endure, as an act of love to their mother tongue. All this in a dynamic of alternation or contact, even of amalgamation between Spanish and English, far from any societal suppression. This book can be used for studies in the field of social and human sciences and as reference or inspiration material for teachers and students who want to carry out similar experiences.

Practical Models of Technical Communication is a college-level textbook for technical writers and communicators. Written in plain and accessible language, this textbook is designed to provide students with solid tools, useful models, interesting scenarios, and a vocabulary of technical terms that will allow them to communicate effectively as part of a fast-paced, global workforce. Its approachable, real-world examples and detailed visuals guide students in creating multimodal, technical documents that reach a broad audience.This book explores the fundamentals of technical communication, expanding on the following topics:Writing and organizing an array of technical documents such as definitions, descriptions, instructions, procedures, proposals, and reportsEmbracing ethical communication visually and in writingDesigning documents for readability, emphasis, and organizationIncreasing rhetorical awareness of multimodality in all types of communicationResearching and documenting source material effectivelyCrafting successful job materials for entering the workforceCommunicating professionally within various work environmentsNavigating the changing needs of audiences that technical writers meet along the way

Recovering from a factory accident that nearly claimed his eyesight, a young John Muir ventured into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The flowers, wildlife, and rock formations he saw during the summer of 1869 changed how he would look at nature forever. Recollected at the end of his life from early journals and sketches, this ecstatic personal narrative gives insight into the forward-looking nature lover who would become known as father of the nation's parks system. To read this book is to become Muir's hiking partner, sharing in "a glorious botanical and geological excursion" that would blaze the trail for the modern-day environmental movement.

This collection of essays, historical documents, stories, and poetry works explores the American tendency to decide who is "us" and who is "them" in terms of immigration, wealth, race, and other externals. The collection offers readings of varying levels of difficulty and from a wide range of perspectives so that student writers will have many appropriate topics to focus on and respond to.

This collection of philosophical, political, and personal readings about the twin themes of freedom and responsibility is designed for use within a wide range of composition classes. Shorter and more accessible works will serve early composition courses, and more complex works will serve well in more advanced composition courses. Authors include Susan B. Anthony, Marcus Aurelius, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emma Goldman, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Jefferson, Helen Keller, Niccolò Machiavelli, Barack Obama, Thomas Paine, Richard Rodriguez, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry David Thoreau, Alexis de Tocqueville, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, and Mary Wollstonecraft.

An anthology of poetry and prose by members of the Oregon State Penitentiary writing group, Penned Thoughts. Edited by Michele Dishong McCormack, group facilitator. The collection explores themes of gratitude and faith, hopes and dreams, life, love, family, and regret.