Vision and Revision is a multicultural, cross-generational reader which addresses the needs of nontraditional students: returning adults and younger students with adult responsibilities. Diverse selections, including essays, excerpts, articles, oral histories, letters, poems, short stories, and student-authored selections are organized thematically around such adult issues as returning to school, relationships and parenting, and work and recreation.

Grounded in reader-response literacy theory, this text encourages students to read and respond actively and critically. Pre- and postreading journal entries and suggested writing projects prompt students to write personal, creative responses and analytical expository papers.

Vision and Revision can be used as a companion volume to the author's rhetoric Starting Out or Starting Over: A Guide for Writing.