Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition (6th Edition)

The collaborative efforts of X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia present college and university students with a wonderful resource for purchase or rental in their textbook Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition (6th Edition), ISBN 9780205698783. This concise edition of the most admired Literature anthology continues to integrate the greatest literature selections, presented in a comprehendible style. Many helpful revisions and additions were made to this edition including dialogue with renowned fiction writer Amy Tan, American poet Laureate Kay Ryan, as well as modern playwright David Ives. This text also integrates the added works of new writers including Naguib Mahfouz, Virginia Woolf, Sherman Alexie, Mary Oliver, Bettie Sellers, and Anne Deavere Smith. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia pack the 43 chapters of Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition (6th Edition) with helpful resources such as a review of key terms for easy reference as well as conversations and writings from the world's finest writers. The lead contributor on this expert team is that of X.J. Kennedy. A graduate of Seton Hall and Columbia University, he started his writing career as a journalist second class in the Navy. Some of Kennedy's earliest works, in the form of poetry, were published in the New Yorker as well as collected in Nude Descending a Staircase. His writing repertoire has skyrocketed from there with six more collections, several widely adopted literature and writing textbooks, and seventeen books for children, including two novels. Kennedy is also a veteran teacher with faculty stints at Michigan, North Carolina (Greensboro), California (Irvine), Wellesley, Tufts, and Leeds.