This is your main jump-off point in the WRA companion website. The pull-down menu above will also direct you to specific author pages. Each author page offers biographical material, supplemental critical readings from the Internet, a journaling page, peer collaboration information, informal writing questions which will help you in your formal drafts, and links to good writing strategies.

1. Exploring Self Reflection / 19
WRA Authors: Updike, Coles, Iserhoff, hooks, Middleton.
Additional Companion Authors: Atwood, Carver, Cimino, Covell, Dove, hooks, Kilgore, Maiello, Miller, Murray, Tucker, Williams.

2. Constructing Identity: The Self as Social Artifact / 149
WRA Authors: Steinem, Robinson, Villanueva, Rich, Rust.
Additional Companion Authors: Arnold, Bookchin, Braverman, Chase, Derby, Falco, Gallagher, Kaiser, Langley, Megnin, Retzack, Rich, Rofes, Steinem, Williamson.

3. Engaging Culture: The Reflexive Self / 261
WRA Authors: Tompkins, Anzaldua, Gibson, Williams, Geertz.
Additional Companion Authors: Alvarado, Bailey, Bierce, Buck, Cornelius, Dreyer, Jolson, Kinnett, Korff, Lerew, Prasad, Rose, Silko, Stafford, Stockton, Wharton.

4. Writing in the Community: Reflection, Reflexivity, and Action / 347
WRA Authors: Coles, Terkel, Terry, Tateishi, Yow, Epstein, O'Brien, Kincaid, Sontag.
Additional Companion Authors: "Army Mom," Berman, Brink, Cohen, Darling, Dolly, Greenspun, Hagopian, Haraway, Hollifield, Henry, Elton John, McLachlan, Moss, Robinson, Roosevelt, Ross, Salway, Snell, Terkel.