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       Author, Title, Poetry / Prose, Compilation Title, Page Number

Wagoner, David, The Shooting of John Dillinger Outside the Biograph Theater, July 22, 1934, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 970

Wakoski, Diane, I Lay Next to You All Night, Trying, Awake, to Understand the Watering Places of the Moon, Poetry, Literature, p. 936

Wakoski, Diane, Sestina to the Common Glass of Beer: I Do Not Drink Beer, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 973

Walcott, Derek, A Far Cry from Africa, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 629

Walker, Alice, Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self, Prose, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference, p. 331

Walker, Alice, Everyday Use, Prose, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 235

Walker, Alice, Everyday Use, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 495

Walker, Alice, Everyday Use, Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 483

Walker, Alice, Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 353

Walker, David, Walker's Appeal, Prose, The American Reader, p. 99

Walker, Margaret, Lineage, Poetry, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 66

Waller, Edmund, Go, Lovely Rose, Poetry, Literature, p. 704

Waller, Edmund, On a Girdle, Poetry, Literature, p. 705

Waniek, Marilyn Nelson, Emily Dickinson's Defunct, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 974

Waring, Belle, Children Must Have Manners, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 975

Waring, Belle, What Hurts, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 975

Warne, Candace, Blackbird Sestina, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 976

Warren, Robert Penn, Christmas gift , Prose, Best American Short Stories of the Century, p. 169

Washington, Booker T., The Atlanta Exposition Address, Prose, The American Reader, p. 185

Washington, George, Farewell Address, Prose, The American Reader, p. 37

Wasserstein, Wendy, The Man in a Case, Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 590

Weber, Bruce, The Unromantic Generation, Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 602

Webster, Daniel, Against Nullification, Prose, The American Reader, p. 51

Weiners, John, The Eagle Bar, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 977

Weldon, Fay, Weekend, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 502

Welty, Eudora, "Is Phoenix Jackson's Grandson Really Dead?", Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 535

Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 512

Welty, Eudora, A Worn Path, Prose, The Modern Tradition: Short Stories, p. 474

Welty, Eudora, Death of a Traveling Salesman, Prose, Introduction to Literature: Stories, p. 457

Welty, Eudora, Hitch-hikers , Prose, Best American Short Stories of the Century, p. 211

Welty, Eudora, Lily Daw and the Three Ladies, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 527

Welty, Eudora, Livvie, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 518

Welty, Eudora, One Writer's Beginnings, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 534

Welty, Eudora, Petrified Man, Prose, Literature, p. 377

Welty, Eudora, Why I Live at the P.O., Prose, The Modern Tradition: Short Stories, p. 463

West, Cornel, Our Next Race Question: The Uneasiness Between Blacks and Latinos, Prose, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference, p. 85

Weston, Ruth D., Lily Daw and the Three Ladies, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 540

Wharton, Edith, Roman Fever, Prose, Classic American Short Stories, p. 234

Wharton, Edith, The Mission of Jane, Prose, Introduction to Literature: Stories, p. 153

Whelen, Joseph P., S.J., How I Pray Now: A Conversation, Prose, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference, p. 420

White, Bailey, An Old Lepidopterist, Prose, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference, p. 338

White, E. B., Freedom, Prose, The American Reader, p. 275

White, E. B., Second tree from the corner , Prose, Best American Short Stories of the Century, p. 281

White, E. B., Twins, Prose, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 180

White, Theodore H., The American Idea, Prose, The American Reader, p. 373

Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe, Dan Quayle Was Right (excerpt), Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 475

Whitman, Walt, A Noiseless Patient Spider, Poetry, Literature, p. 794

Whitman, Walt, Cavalry Crossing a Ford, Poetry, Literature, p. 794

Whitman, Walt, From Song of Myself, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 978

Whitman, Walt, I Hear America Singing, Poetry, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 52

Whitman, Walt, I Hear America Singing, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 154

Whitman, Walt, O Captain! My Captain!, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 153

Whitman, Walt, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, Poetry, Literature, p. 789

Whitman, Walt, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer, Poetry, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 179

Whitman, Walt, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer, Poetry, Writing Through Literature, p. 879

Whitman, Walt, When I Heard the Learned Astronomer, Poetry, Literature, p. 793

Whittier, John Greenleaf, Barbara Frietchie, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 148

Whittier, John Greenleaf, Stanzas for the Times, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 102

Whittier, John Greenleaf, The Barefoot Boy, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 75

Wilbur, Richard, Museum Piece, Poetry, Literature, p. 914

Wilbur, Richard, The Death of a Toad, Poetry, Literature, p. 913

Wilbur, Richard, The Pardon, Poetry, Literature, p. 914

Williams, Patricia, My Best White Friend: Cinderella Revisited, Prose, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference, p. 80

Williams, Tennessee, Resemblance between a violin case and a coffin , Prose, Best American Short Stories of the Century, p. 312

Williams, Tennessee, The Glass Menagerie, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 1623

Williams, Terry Tempest, The Village Watchman, Prose, The Prentice Hall Reader, p. 158

Williams, William Carlos, Danse Russe, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 985

Williams, William Carlos, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Poetry, Literature, p. 854

Williams, William Carlos, Queen-Ann's-Lace, Poetry, Literature, p. 852

Williams, William Carlos, The Dance, Poetry, Literature, p. 853

Williams, William Carlos, The Night Rider, Poetry, Literature, p. 854

Williams, William Carlos, The Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry, Literature, p. 853

Williams, William Carlos, The Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 985

Williams, William Carlos, The Use of Force, Prose, American Literature for Life and Work, p. 11

Wilson, August, Fences, Prose, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 1711

Wilson, Woodrow, The New Freedom, Prose, The American Reader, p. 224

Wilson, Woodrow, War Message to Congress, Prose, The American Reader, p. 239

Winch, Terence, Six Families of Puerto Ricans, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 986

Winch, Terence, The Meanest Gang in the Bronx, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 986

Wolf, Naomi, Hunger: A Feminist Critique, Prose, Speculations: Readings in Culture, Identity, and Values, p. 354

Woodworth, Samuel, The Old Oaken Bucket, Poetry, The American Reader, p. 46

Woolf, Virginia, Professions for Women, Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 192

Wordsworth, William, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, Poetry, Literature, p. 745

Wordsworth, William, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Poetry, Literature, p. 743

Wordsworth, William, Lines, Poetry, Literature, p. 739

Wordsworth, William, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 988

Wordsworth, William, London, 1802, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 602

Wordsworth, William, My Heart Leaps Up, Poetry, Literature, p. 743

Wordsworth, William, She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways, Poetry, Literature, p. 742

Wordsworth, William, She Was a Phantom of Delight, Poetry, Literature, p. 743

Wordsworth, William, The Solitary Reaper, Poetry, Literature, p. 744

Wordsworth, William, The World Is Too Much with Us, Poetry, Literature, p. 745

Wordsworth, William, The World Is Too Much with Us, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 987

Wozencraft, Kimberly, Notes from the Country Club, Prose, Speculations: Readings in Culture, Identity, and Values, p. 273

Wright, Frances, The Meaning of Patriotism in America, Prose, The American Reader, p. 49

Wright, James, A Blessing, Poetry, Literature, p. 927

Wright, James, At the Executed Murderer's Grave, Poetry, Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading, p. 992

Wright, Richard, [title not given], Prose, Readings Are Writings, p. 391

Wright, Richard, Conquering the Streets of Memphis, Prose, Readings Are Writings, p. 56

Wright, Richard, The Man Who Lived Underground, Prose, The Modern Tradition: Short Stories, p. 418

Wright, Richard, The Man Who Was Almost a Man, Prose, Literature, p. 386

Wright, Richard, The Man Who Was Almost a Man, Prose, The Modern Tradition: Short Stories, p. 407

Wright, Richard, The man who was almost a man, Prose, Writing Through Literature, p. 93

Wright, Richard , Bright and morning star , Prose, Best American Short Stories of the Century, p. 179

Wright, Theodore S., Prejudice Against the Colored Man, Prose, The American Reader, p. 104

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, My Galley, Charged with Forgetfulness, Poetry, Literature, p. 675

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, They Flee from Me, that Sometime Did Me Seek, Poetry, Literature, p. 674

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where Is an Hind, Poetry, Literature, p. 675

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