America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals - Softcover

Atwan, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312646607 ISBN 13: 9780312646608

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011

Synopsis

With more than 50 very brief readings -- all new to this edition -- from over 40 very recent periodicals and student newspapers on 12 topics of very current interest, America Now reflects what students are talking and writing about right now. As series editor of The Best American Essays, Robert Atwan constantly scours a wide range of periodicals, bringing to America Now an unrivaled awareness of the best writing on today's hottest issues -- and the editorial support students need to approach it and to create solid academic writing of their own. To make these issues especially relevant for students, Atwan also explores hundreds of campus newspapers to find the best student writing on current topics. These models by their peers from across the country show students that they, too, can share ideas through their own discussion and writing.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT ATWAN is director of The Blue Hills Writing Institute at Curry College and the series editor of the annual Best American Essays, which he founded in 1985. His essays, reviews, and critical articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review, River Teeth, and many other publications. For Bedford/St. Martin's, he has also edited Ten on Ten: Major Essayists on Recurring Themes (1992), Our Times (1998), and Convergences (2009). He has coedited (with Jon Roberts) Left, Right, and Center: Voices from Across the Political Spectrum (1996), and is coeditor with Donald McQuade of The Writer's Presence (2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312646607
• ISBN 13: 9780312646608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400