Everyone's an Author Table of Contents

1. Thinking Rhetorically 

2. Engaging Productively with Others

3. Rhetorical Situations

4. Language, Power, and Rhetoric

5. Joining Academic Communities: Habits for Success in College

6. Reading Rhetorically

7. Annotating, Summarizing, Responding

YULIYA VAYNER, The Higher Price of Buying Local (student writing)

8. Distinguishing Facts from Misinformation

9. Navigating the Writing Process: From Generating Ideas to Drafting and Revising

10. NEW Collaborating with Others: Peer Review and Group Work

SIERRA JAQUEZ, How Harries and Swifties Changed the Outlook on Modern Concert Fashion (student writing)  

11. NEW Navigating AI as an Author  

12. Reflecting on Your Writing

ANNAYA BAYNES, Becoming the Writer I Am (student writing)

13. Choosing Genres

14. Arguing a Position: “This Is Where I Stand”

RUSSEL HONORÉ, Work Is a Blessing 

NEW VIVEK H. MURTHY, Social Media Platforms Need Warning Labels

NEW ALEKSANDER LAM, Sampling or Stealing? Copyright Infringement and Hip-Hop (student writing)

15. Writing a Narrative: “Here’s What Happened”

RAYA ELFADEL KHEIRBEK, At the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship

NEW ANGELINA X. NG, It’ll Grow Back. It Always Does. (student writing)

PALOMA GARCIA, First Day of School (student writing) 

16. Writing Analytically : “Let’s Take a Closer Look”

NEW SYDNEY SALLMAN, What Is the Invisible Problem with TikTok? (student writing)  

SHAAN SACHDEV, The Key to Beyoncé’s Lasting Success

MELISSA RUBIN, Advertisements R Us (student writing)

17. Reporting Information: “Just the Facts”

TATE RYAN-MOSLEY, How Digital Beauty Filters Perpetuate Colorism

NEW MCCADE GOWDY, The Future of the American City: Omaha’s Hope (student writing) 

BILL LAITNER, Heart and Sole: Detroiter Walks 21 Miles in Work Commute

18. Writing a Review: “Two Thumbs Up”

NEW SWAPNA KRISHNA, Thirsty Suitors: I Feel Seen by This Game

NEW KENNEDI L. GOODE-BEY, Guts (spilled) by Olivia Rodrigo: An Album for the Ages (student writing)  

19. Making a Proposal: “Here’s What I Recommend”

NEW EMI VAUGHAN, Uses for AI in the Criminal Justice System (student writing)  

JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, To Unite America, Make People Work for It 

DAVID PASINI, The Economic Impact of Investing in Sports Franchises

20. NEW Recognizing Arguments

21. Analyzing and Constructing Arguments: Those You Read, Those You Write

22. Strategies for Supporting an Argument

23. Starting Your Research: Joining the Conversation

24. Finding Sources: Online and at the Library

25. Conducting Research in the Field

26. Keeping Track: Managing Information Overload

27. Evaluating Sources

28. Annotating a Bibliography

NEW MAGGIE CARSON, Nonresistance in the Battle for Freedom (student writing)

29. Synthesizing Ideas: Moving from What Your Sources Say to What You Say 

NEW KRISTIN PERRY, Exploring the Hardships and Stigma Students With Invisible Disabilities Face (student writing)

30. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

31. Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism 

32. MLA Style

WALTER PRZYBYLOWSKI, Holding Up the Hollywood Stagecoach (student writing)

33. APA Style 

GABRIELA A. URIBE, “¿Por qué no sabes español?” (student writing)

34. What’s Your Style? 

35. Mixing Languages and Dialects

36. How to Craft Powerful Sentences

37. Polishing and Editing Your Writing

38. Designing What You Write

39. Composing and Remixing across Media

40. Making Presentations

HALLE EDWARDS, The Rise of Female Heroes in Shoujo Manga (student essay)

NEW CÉSAR ALBARRÁN-TORRES, Why Multilingual TV Is Good for Everyone 

NEW KATE ARONOFF, Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version) 

LINDA BARRY, The Sanctuary of School 

NEW CHRISTOPHER BASGIER, AI Is Like Cake

ALISON BECHDEL, Fun Home (visual)

NEW JENNA BLOOM, I Quit Social Media in College. This Is How My Life Changed.

NEW DANIELLE K. BROWN, Media Coverage of Campus Protests Focuses on Spectacle

DANA CANEDY, The Talk: After Ferguson…

CHARLOTTE CLYMER, They Called Me a Girl before Anyone Else Did 

NEW JEFF GAGE, How Country Music Is Addressing the Opioid Crisis 

NEW ADAM CLARK ESTES, Your TV Is Watching You

GLAVEE GLAVEE, Black Enough (student writing)

ANNETTE GORDON-REED, Origin Stories

NEW LING LING HUANG, How I Escaped the Tyranny of the Prophets of Beauty 

NEW KEVIN M. KEARNEY, One Star

NEW ROBIN WALL KIMMERER, Strawberries 

NEW KEREN LANDMAN, Why Are Whole Body Deodorants Suddenly Everywhere? 

NEW KIESE LAYMON, My Favorite Restaurant Served Gas 

JUDITH NEWMAN, To Siri, with Love

NEW DAN NOTT AND SCOTT CAMBO, Our Labor Built AI (visual)

NEW MEGHAN O’GIEBLYN, I Failed Two Captcha Tests. Am I Still Human?

MIKE ROSE, Blue-Collar Brilliance

NEW ALLY SHWED, Cracking the Color Code (visual)

ZEYNEP TUFEKCI, Why the Post Office Makes America Great

JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

TATÉ WALKER, The (Native) American Dream

MISSY WATSON, Contesting Standardized English

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