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.

Gathers excerpts from the memoirs of actresses and actors, including Bacall, Chaplin, Turner, Heston, Crosby, MacLaine, Swanson, Flynn, and Cagney

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A collection of essays on the most poignant and humorous issues of today features the writing of Ada Louise Huxtable, Ward Just, Oliver Sacks, Cynthia Ozick, Alex Haley, and Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. Simultaneous. 35,000 first printing.

Expanding the conventional definition of the essay to include literary nonfiction, reportage, and informative articles that defy classification, the new collection in an acclaimed series covers a wide range of subjects from tropical palms to temporary insanity. Simultaneous.

An esteemed annual anthology assembles an eclectic collection of twenty essays drawn from periodicals across the country, including nonfiction by Grace Paley, Cynthia Ozick, William Gass, and others, about such subjects as AIDS, gardening, activism, and marriage. Simultaneous.

A collection of essays focuses on the work of such writers as Ian Frazier as he takes a ride on the F train to Brooklyn, Chang-Rae Lee in his kitchen as he prepares food for his dying mother, and Amitav Ghosh's visit to New Delhi during a period of unrest.

Compiles the best literary essays of the year originally published in American periodicals (view table of contents)