Computer use in the English classroom has the potential to help students enjoy and integrate their learning of writing and reading of literature in new ways. This new relationship between the student and machine-readable text can be thought of in terms of Alvin Toffler's theory of the "prosumer," a person who uses Information Age technology to combine the role of producer and consumer. Computer use in English classrooms can integrate the study of literature and creative writing, reading skills and writing skills, giving the student a new "prosumer" role as both producer and consumer of text. Three approaches can be used to integrate the study of imaginative writing produced by professional writers and the creative efforts of students: (1) the same software or technique can be used to analyze student and professional work; (2) software can guide students in creating imaginative work and then lead to activities analyzing published works; and (3) computer programs can involve students as collaborators in the creation of literary works. In the realm of expository writing, computer aided instruction and word processing can also blur the distinction between the student as consumer and as producer, with programs for prewriting and text analysis and spelling or style checkers. Teachers can remind students that the computer's suggestions are only guidelines by showing them how a style checker would try to rewrite the work of famous authors. (Sixteen references, including specific software cited in the text, are appended.) (SKC)