This new edition retains the hallmarks of its predecessors: brevity, accessibility, and practicality at an economical price. The Guide to Rapid Revision gives students immediate answers to specific problems, offers sufficient information to solve them, and does so with extreme brevity and clarity. With a table of correction symbols that doubles as a table of contents, and extensive cross-referencing, students can easily find answers to specific problems or grammatical queries. Instructors can use the added, topically organized table of contents as an aid to focusing on certain topics (such as punctuation) during the semester. The book is alphabetized according to common correction symbols, setting it apart from all other handbooks that are designed to help students in revising.
My academic books include the well-known writing textbook GUIDE TO RAPID REVISION (now in its 8th edition) and a book of literary criticism, THE BARB OF TIME: ON THE CANTOS OF EZRA POUND (Oxford U. P.).
Beginning with the 1980s, however, my writing interests switched entirely to fiction.
As of January, 2012,I have published about sixty short stories and novellas, most of which have been collected in three volumes: THE FINAL DREAM & OTHER FICTIONS (Permeable, 1995); THE BEST-KNOWN MAN IN THE WORLD & OTHER MISFITS (Aardwolf, 2001); and A GIANT IN THE HOUSE & OTHER EXCESSES (Merry Blacksmith, 2011). My two novels to date are BLACK FLAMES (White Pine Press, 1997); and MEMINI (Prime/Wildside, 2003). Details at my homepage: ddpearlman.com.
