Kennedy/Gioia'sAn Introduction to Fiction, 10econtinues to inspire readers and writers with a rich collection of fiction and engaging insights on reading, analyzing, and writing about stories. This bestselling anthology includes sixty-six superlative short stories, blending classic works and contemporary selections. Written by noted poets X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, the text reflects the authors' wit and contagious enthusiasm for their subject. Informative, accessible apparatus presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, and supported by interludes with the anthologized writers. This edition features 11 new stories, three new masterwork casebooks, extensively revised and expanded chapters on writing, and a fresh new design. New students of fiction.

Uniquely emphasizing how writers of fiction, poetry, and drama talk about what they do, this introduction to literature lets the words of writers guide students in their exploration of the many ways to read, think, and write about literature.

"Provided resources for teaching the stories, poems, and plays in Literature and its writers by Ann Charters and Samuel Charters. It includes: an introduction that presents practical tips for teaching, suggestions for designing a syllabus, and approaches to teaching the material; discussions of each literary work in the anthology, with advice for teaching them and making connections to other literary works in the book; numerous questions for class discussion and topics for writing on each section; brief bibliographies for each writer; a list of audiovisual resources on fiction, poetry, and drama."--Provided by publisher

The Story and Its Writer includes 80 classic and contemporary short stories that help you become better at reading fiction and writing about it.