Bloom, Lynn Z.

Like the symbolic bridge on the cover of this book, "The Essay Connection attempts to span the distance between reading and writing and bring the two activities closer together. To read, to write is to be human, to be empowered. "Writing," observes Toni Morrison, "is discovery; it's talking deep within myself." In "The Essay Connection the voices in this conversation are many and varied--professionals and students side by side. Their good writing is good reading in itself, provocative, elegant, engaging. This writing is also a stimulus to critical thinking, ethical reflection, social and liter...