Let's Talk Second Edition
Let's Talk
Second Edition
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Table of Contents
The Second Edition continues to bring a stronger focus on listening, curiosity, and open-mindedness than any other book of its kind, and now adds timely new coverage on the need for conversation, the role of argument in all kinds of writing, the use of AI, new readings, and more.
Explore what’s new and what’s returning in the table of contents below.
Let’s Talk
Let’s Talk with Readings
Part 1. RHETORIC / Joining the Conversation
1. Listening
2. Thinking Rhetorically
3. Engaging Respectfully with Others
4. NEW The Role of Argument in Our Lives
5. Developing Academic Habits of Mind
Part 1. RHETORIC / Joining the Conversation
1. Listening
2. Thinking Rhetorically
3. Engaging Respectfully with Others
4. NEW The Role of Argument in Our Lives
5. Developing Academic Habits of Mind
Part 2. READING / Get the Message
6. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
7. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
Part 2. READING / Get the Message
6. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
7. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
6. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
7. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
Part 3. WRITING / Make Your Point
8. Writing Processes
9. Arguing
GABRIELA MORO, Minority Student Clubs: Segregation or Integration?
10. Analyzing
WESLEY COHEN, What’s Happening over at Cosmo?
11. Summarizing & Responding
JULIA JOHNSON, Can Money Buy Almost Anything?
12. Synthesizing & Reporting
STEPHANIE POMALES, For Better or Worse: Spotify and the Music Industry
13. Narrating
NEW YAZMIN CARBAJAL, Living the Narrative My Abuelita Wrote
14. NEW Reviewing
NEW AUDREY ASHDOWN, There's a New Girl in Town—and She's Still Here!
15. Writing in Multiple Modes
NEW LAUREN ROSE REYES, Remedying the Native American Maternal Health Crisis with Traditional Birthing Practices
Part 3. WRITING / Make Your Point
8. Writing Processes
9. Arguing
GABRIELA MORO, Minority Student Clubs: Segregation or Integration?
10. Analyzing
WESLEY COHEN, What’s Happening over at Cosmo?
11. Summarizing & Responding
JULIA JOHNSON, Can Money Buy Almost Anything?
12. Synthesizing & Reporting
STEPHANIE POMALES, For Better or Worse: Spotify and the Music Industry
13. Narrating
NEW YAZMIN CARBAJAL, Living the Narrative My Abuelita Wrote
14. NEW Reviewing
NEW AUDREY ASHDOWN, There's a New Girl in Town—and She's Still Here!
15. Writing in Multiple Modes
NEW LAUREN ROSE REYES, Remedying the Native American Maternal Health Crisis with Traditional Birthing Practices
Part 4. RESEARCH / Find Out
16. Starting with Questions, Finding Sources
17. Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts
18. Building an Annotated Bibliography
OLIVIA STEELY, Two Entries about Rhetoric & Empathy
19. Synthesizing Ideas
20. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
21. Giving Credit, Using Sources Ethically
22. MLA Style
JACKSON PARELL, Free at Last, Free at Last: Civil War Memory and Civil Rights Rhetoric
23. APA Style
ELI VALE, The Causes of Burnout in San Antonio Nurses—and Some Solutions
Part 4. RESEARCH / Find Out
16. Starting with Questions, Finding Sources
17. Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts
18. Building an Annotated Bibliography
OLIVIA STEELY, Two Entries about Rhetoric & Empathy
19. Synthesizing Ideas
20. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
21. Giving Credit, Using Sources Ethically
22. MLA Style
JACKSON PARELL, Free at Last, Free at Last: Civil War Memory and Civil Rights Rhetoric
23. APA Style
ELI VALE, The Causes of Burnout in San Antonio Nurses—and Some Solutions
Part 5. LANGUAGE & STYLE / Get Attention
24. Getting & Keeping Attention
25. Writing Great Sentences
26. Using Languages & Dialects Rhetorically
Part 5. LANGUAGE & STYLE / Get Attention
24. Getting & Keeping Attention
25. Writing Great Sentences
26. Using Languages & Dialects Rhetorically
Part 6. DESIGN / Make an Impression
27. Designing What You Write
28. Using Visuals
Part 6. DESIGN / Make an Impression
27. Designing What You Write
28. Using Visuals
NEW Part 7. SPEAKING / With Others
29. NEW The Need for Conversation—and Collaboration
30. NEW Let’s Chat: Using AI Carefully & Ethically
31. NEW Presentations & Podcasts
TREY CONNELLY, Modes of Instruction in Digital Games
COLIN FLANAGAN & BRANDON HERNANDEZ, On Being First-Gen Students
NEW Part 7. SPEAKING / With Others
29. NEW The Need for Conversation—and Collaboration
30. NEW Let’s Chat: Using AI Carefully & Ethically
31. NEW Presentations & Podcasts
TREY CONNELLY, Modes of Instruction in Digital Games
COLIN FLANAGAN & BRANDON HERNANDEZ, On Being First-Gen Students
Part 8. READINGS / Let’s Read!
32. The Diversities That Unite Us
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, Should I Hang Out with Someone Whose Political Views I Hate?
NEW JONATHAN WEISMAN, Divided by Politics, a Colorado Town Mends Its Broken Bones
MICHAEL GERSON, I’m a Conservative Who Believes Systemic Racism Is Real
JODI KANTOR ET AL, The Amazon That Customers Don’t See
NEW RACHEL KOLB, Life Is about to Come with Subtitles
HEATHER LANIER, Out There I Have to Smile
NEW ALEX MARZANO-LEZNEVICH, Flying While Trans
CLINT SMITH, Juneteenth, Galveston Island
33. What’s Language Got to Do with It?
GLORIA ANZALDÚA, How to Tame a Wild Tongue?
NEW DAVID B. PARKER, Y’all Is Going Mainstream—and It’s about Time
NEW MAYA WINDER, Hispanic, Latino, Latinx: One Word Can’t Define Us All
BETH NGUYEN, America Ruined My Name for Me
JASMINE LANE, Do We Have to Teach Standard English in the Classroom?
JUNE JORDAN, Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan
34. NEW In What Ways Does Pop Culture Shape
Who We Are?
NEW RYAN DEE, How Pop Culture Helps Us Understand Ourselves and Each Other
NEW JOE GARCIA, Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison
NEW JESSICA TESTA, The People’s Republic of Shein
NEW DILYS WILLIAMS, The Unacceptable Face of Throwaway Fast Fashion
NEW MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, Beyoncé. Amen.
NEW YOONJI HAN, Tracing the 50-Year Evolution of Hip-Hop
NEW EMILY ST. JAMES, Barbie and Ken and Nothing in Between
35. Who Owns Nature?
WILLIAM CRONON, The Trouble with Wilderness
EMMA MARRIS, The Nature You See in Documentaries Is Beautiful, and False
NEW ROBIN KIMMERER, The Gift of Strawberries
BENJI BACKER, The Conservative Case for Environmentalism
IAN LEAHY & YARYNA SERKEZ, Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans?
NEW MAKI NARO & MATTHEW FRANCIS, The End of Night
36. Do Sports Matter?
JANE COASTON, What Can Sports Teach Us?
NEW JOHN BRANCH, A Game, a Parade, a Shooting: The Story of America in Three Acts
JOE DRAPE, Step Aside, LeBron and Dak, and Make Room for Banjo and Kazooie
JEMELE HILL, Naomi Osaka Is Part of a Larger War within Sports
MARK GOZONSKY, Gritty All Day Long
Let’s Talk
Part 1. RHETORIC / Joining the Conversation
1. Listening
2. Thinking Rhetorically
3. Engaging Respectfully with Others
4. NEW The Role of Argument in Our Lives
5. Developing Academic Habits of Mind
Part 2. READING / Get the Message
6. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
7. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
Part 3. WRITING / Make Your Point
8. Writing Processes
9. Arguing
GABRIELA MORO, Minority Student Clubs: Segregation or Integration?
10. Analyzing
WESLEY COHEN, What’s Happening over at Cosmo?
11. Summarizing & Responding
JULIA JOHNSON, Can Money Buy Almost Anything?
12. Synthesizing & Reporting
STEPHANIE POMALES, For Better or Worse: Spotify and the Music Industry
13. Narrating
NEW YAZMIN CARBAJAL, Living the Narrative My Abuelita Wrote
14. NEW Reviewing
NEW AUDREY ASHDOWN, There's a New Girl in Town—and She's Still Here!
15. Writing in Multiple Modes
NEW LAUREN ROSE REYES, Remedying the Native American Maternal Health Crisis with Traditional Birthing Practices
Part 4. RESEARCH / Find Out
16. Starting with Questions, Finding Sources
17. Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts
18. Building an Annotated Bibliography
OLIVIA STEELY, Two Entries about Rhetoric & Empathy
19. Synthesizing Ideas
20. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
21. Giving Credit, Using Sources Ethically
22. MLA Style
JACKSON PARELL, Free at Last, Free at Last: Civil War Memory and Civil Rights Rhetoric
23. APA Style
ELI VALE, The Causes of Burnout in San Antonio Nurses—and Some Solutions
Part 5. LANGUAGE & STYLE / Get Attention
24. Getting & Keeping Attention
25. Writing Great Sentences
26. Using Languages & Dialects Rhetorically
Part 6. DESIGN / Make an Impression
27. Designing What You Write
28. Using Visuals
NEW Part 7. SPEAKING / With Others
29. NEW The Need for Conversation—and Collaboration
30. NEW Let’s Chat: Using AI Carefully & Ethically
31. NEW Presentations & Podcasts
TREY CONNELLY, Modes of Instruction in Digital Games
COLIN FLANAGAN & BRANDON HERNANDEZ, On Being First-Gen Students
Let’s Talk with Readings
Part 1. RHETORIC / Joining the Conversation
1. Listening
2. Thinking Rhetorically
3. Engaging Respectfully with Others
4. NEW The Role of Argument in Our Lives
5. Developing Academic Habits of Mind
Part 2. READING / Get the Message
6. Reading to Understand, Engage & Respond
7. Recognizing Facts, Misinformation & Lies
Part 3. WRITING / Make Your Point
8. Writing Processes
9. Arguing
GABRIELA MORO, Minority Student Clubs: Segregation or Integration?
10. Analyzing
WESLEY COHEN, What’s Happening over at Cosmo?
11. Summarizing & Responding
JULIA JOHNSON, Can Money Buy Almost Anything?
12. Synthesizing & Reporting
STEPHANIE POMALES, For Better or Worse: Spotify and the Music Industry
13. Narrating
NEW YAZMIN CARBAJAL, Living the Narrative My Abuelita Wrote
14. NEW Reviewing
NEW AUDREY ASHDOWN, There's a New Girl in Town—and She's Still Here!
15. Writing in Multiple Modes
NEW LAUREN ROSE REYES, Remedying the Native American Maternal Health Crisis with Traditional Birthing Practices
Part 4. RESEARCH / Find Out
16. Starting with Questions, Finding Sources
17. Evaluating Sources, Checking Facts
18. Building an Annotated Bibliography
OLIVIA STEELY, Two Entries about Rhetoric & Empathy
19. Synthesizing Ideas
20. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
21. Giving Credit, Using Sources Ethically
22. MLA Style
JACKSON PARELL, Free at Last, Free at Last: Civil War Memory and Civil Rights Rhetoric
23. APA Style
ELI VALE, The Causes of Burnout in San Antonio Nurses—and Some Solutions
Part 5. LANGUAGE & STYLE / Get Attention
24. Getting & Keeping Attention
25. Writing Great Sentences
26. Using Languages & Dialects Rhetorically
Part 6. DESIGN / Make an Impression
27. Designing What You Write
28. Using Visuals
NEW Part 7. SPEAKING / With Others
29. NEW The Need for Conversation—and Collaboration
30. NEW Let’s Chat: Using AI Carefully & Ethically
31. NEW Presentations & Podcasts
TREY CONNELLY, Modes of Instruction in Digital Games
COLIN FLANAGAN & BRANDON HERNANDEZ, On Being First-Gen Students
Part 8. READINGS / Let’s Read!
32. The Diversities That Unite Us
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, Should I Hang Out with Someone Whose Political Views I Hate?
NEW JONATHAN WEISMAN, Divided by Politics, a Colorado Town Mends Its Broken Bones
MICHAEL GERSON, I’m a Conservative Who Believes Systemic Racism Is Real
JODI KANTOR ET AL, The Amazon That Customers Don’t See
NEW RACHEL KOLB, Life Is about to Come with Subtitles
HEATHER LANIER, Out There I Have to Smile
NEW ALEX MARZANO-LEZNEVICH, Flying While Trans
CLINT SMITH, Juneteenth, Galveston Island
33. What’s Language Got to Do with It?
GLORIA ANZALDÚA, How to Tame a Wild Tongue?
NEW DAVID B. PARKER, Y’all Is Going Mainstream—and It’s about Time
NEW MAYA WINDER, Hispanic, Latino, Latinx: One Word Can’t Define Us All
BETH NGUYEN, America Ruined My Name for Me
JASMINE LANE, Do We Have to Teach Standard English in the Classroom?
JUNE JORDAN, Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan
34. NEW In What Ways Does Pop Culture Shape Who We Are?
NEW RYAN DEE, How Pop Culture Helps Us Understand Ourselves and Each Other
NEW JOE GARCIA, Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison
NEW JESSICA TESTA, The People’s Republic of Shein
NEW DILYS WILLIAMS, The Unacceptable Face of Throwaway Fast Fashion
NEW MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, Beyoncé. Amen.
NEW YOONJI HAN, Tracing the 50-Year Evolution of Hip-Hop
NEW EMILY ST. JAMES, Barbie and Ken and Nothing in Between
35. Who Owns Nature?
WILLIAM CRONON, The Trouble with Wilderness
EMMA MARRIS, The Nature You See in Documentaries Is Beautiful, and False
NEW ROBIN KIMMERER, The Gift of Strawberries
BENJI BACKER, The Conservative Case for Environmentalism
IAN LEAHY & YARYNA SERKEZ, Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans?
NEW MAKI NARO & MATTHEW FRANCIS, The End of Night
36. Do Sports Matter?
JANE COASTON, What Can Sports Teach Us?
NEW JOHN BRANCH, A Game, a Parade, a Shooting: The Story of America in Three Acts
JOE DRAPE, Step Aside, LeBron and Dak, and Make Room for Banjo and Kazooie
JEMELE HILL, Naomi Osaka Is Part of a Larger War within Sports
MARK GOZONSKY, Gritty All Day Long
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