Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson (Ph.D., Brown University) was Professor of English at Yale University and was published widely on nonfiction prose, notably life-writing and women's authorship. She co-directed the Bass Writing Program at Yale for twenty-five years and served as president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson (Ph.D., Brown University) was Professor of English at Yale University and was published widely on nonfiction prose, notably life-writing and women's authorship. She co-directed the Bass Writing Program at Yale for twenty-five years and served as president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Books by Linda Peterson

  • The Norton Reader

    Melissa A. Goldthwaite, Joseph Bizup, John Brereton, Anne Fernald, Linda Peterson

    Shorter Fourteenth Edition, Paperback, 2016

    The classic reader that has introduced millions of students to the essay as a genre—available in a concise edition.
  • Children in Distress: A Guide for Screening Children's Art

    Milton Edward Hardin, Linda Whitney Peterson

    Paperback, 1997

    Children who have been traumatized but cannot talk about their experiences, either because they have pledged their silence or because they do not know the words, subconsciously call for help...