PrefAce for Instructors viiCommunity College; April Lewandowski, Front Range Community Col-
lege–Westminster; Meredith Love-Steinmetz, Francis Marion University;
Renee Major, Louisiana State University; Mark McBeth, John Jay College;
Diane L. Maldonado, Point Park University; Gina Maranto, University of
Miami; Loren Loving Marquez, Salisury University; Carola Mattord, Ken-
nesaw State University; Timothy McGinn, Northwest Arkansas Community
College; Erica Messenger, Bowling Green State University–Main; Alyce
Miller, Indiana University; Deborah Miller, University of Georgia; Whitney
Myers, University of New Mexico; Lamata Mitchell, Rock Valley College;
Robert Mohrenne, University of Central Florida; Erin Nelson, Blinn Col-
lege; Teddy Norris, St. Charles Community College; Lolly J. Ockerstrom,
Park University; Judy Olson, California State University, Los Angeles; Jill
Onega, University of Alabama–Huntsville; Robert Peltier, Trinity College;
Valeries L. Perry, Lewis University; Jeanette Pierce, San Antonio College;
Mary Jo Reiff, University of Tennessee; Tonya Ritola, Georgia Gwinnett
College; Mary Roma, New York University; Claudia Rubner, Mercer County
Community College; David Ryan, University of San Francisco; Daniel
Schenker, University of Alabama–Huntsville; Amanda McGuire Rzicznek,
Bowling Green State University; Roy Stamper, North Carolina State Uni-
versity; Scott Stevens, Western Washington University; Sarah Stone, Uni-
versity of California–Berkeley; Joseph Sullivan, Marietta College; Mark
Todd, Western State Colorado University; Gretchen Treadwell, Fort Lewis
College; Tisha Turk, University of Minnesota, Morris; Raymond M. Vince,
University of Tampa; Charles Warren, Salem State College; Patricia Webb,
Arizona State University; Susan Garrett Weiss, Goucher College; Worth
Weller, Indiana University–Purdue University–Fort Wayne; Jackie White,
Lewis University; and Audrey Wick, Blinn College.
We are also grateful to the many people at Bedford/St. Martin’s, starting
with vice president and editorial director of humanities Edwin Hill, composi-
tion publisher Leasa Burton, and executive director for English Karen Henry.
Molly Parke, now an executive editor, did a remarkable job marketing the
second edition, and we appreciate the shrewd insights she continues to offer
in her new position. As he has since the first edition, senior executive edi-
tor Steve Scipione has been a terrific collaborator who read our work care-
fully and who offered sage advice every step of the way. Senior editor Adam
Whitehurst and associate editor Sherry Mooney were invaluable advisors
who helped us incorporate the new LaunchPad readings and activities. Steve
could not have helped us complete this project without the tireless assistance
of Laura Horton, Rachel Greenhaus, Arrin Kaplan, and Amanda Legee. We
are grateful to Jane Helms for her wise and imaginative marketing efforts,
assisted by Allie Rottman. The talented production department steered the
manuscript through a demanding schedule to create the book you hold. We
thank Susan Brown, Elise Kaiser, Michael Granger, and especially Greg Erb,
the book’s accommodating and masterly production editor. Dawn Adams
provided exceptionally alert and constructive copyediting. Kalina Ingham,
James Toftness, and Christine End negotiated the complicated process of
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