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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.

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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).

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