Cultural Tapestry

This multicultural reader contains 85 accessible readings, with a non-biased political stance, and composition-orientated apparatus. It is divided into nine thematic chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of American culture. It's concluding chapter encourages students to see the tapestry as a whole. The apparatus is constructed to help students gain broader perspectives by comparing readings both within each chapter and throughout the entire text. Contributors include Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, V.S. Naipaul, Garrison Keillor, Gloria Steinham, Martin Luther King Jr, Kurt Vonnegut Jr and Oscar Hijeulos.