America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals

by Robert Atwan

America Now makes it easy for you to bring brief, thought-provoking essays into your classroom, with reliable pedagogy and an expert reader's knowledge of what works for students.As series editor for The Best American Essays, Robert Atwan constantly scours a wide range of periodicals, bringing to America Now an unrivaled focus on today’s best writing. Instructors tell us that their students want to respond to the essays in the book, and they praise the high-quality reading and writing instruction, critical thinking and reading questions, and model student essays that help them do so.Every current, professional reading in America Now is new to this edition, making it truly a book for today's composition course.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

464 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 28, 2007

About the author

Robert Atwan has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.

Reviews

[Michelle Horst · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book regarding contemporary issues we discuss in the US. It gave me an idea for one of the classes I teach.

[ػᶈᶏϾӗ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has an awkward format. The teaching version inserts the notes right into the middle of the book, which throws off the page count and makes reference sort of unweildy. I didn't think all the sections would be all that useful for my beginning comp class, and the table of content was sort of awkward as well. Still, there are some good readings here; I especially like the student essay from the student who participated in Occupy Wall Street. One more complaint: the study questions, while thorough, are divided up and numbered in an annoying way. I will use this material sparingly.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't read EVERY article in there (probably more like 1/2? 3/4? It was for a class ya know), but the ones I DID read were good. Especially the ones in the "Redesigning Humanity" section.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the newest version (my ninth grade homework for the summer lol).