This unique composition resource features a thematically-organized collection of readings, a modes-based rhetoric, and a concise handbook.

This unusually constructed text opens with more than 60 readings—essays, stories, poems, and a play, all centered around the theme of “in-between-ness”—being caught between generations, living with diverse cultures, dealing with gender conflicts, and exploring differing perceptions of the self and others. A substantial rhetoric section traces several student papers-in-progress through the prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing processes and covers the rhetorical strategies using student and professional essays as models. A research chapter with information on using and documenting sources in MLA and APA style and a brief handbook section are also included. Between Worlds emphasizes the importance of reading, critical thinking, and analysis in all college writing assignments.