America now
Subtitle: short readings from recent periodicals
By: edited by Robert Atwan ; exercises prepared with the assistance of Valerie Duff-Strautmann, Gregory Atwan
Edition: Twelfth edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781319055110
Subjects: Problems, exercises; Readers; Rhetoric; English language; Report writing; Civilization; College readers; American essays
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Persuasive writer: expressing opinions with clarity, confidence, and civility; title: Language: do words matter?; title: Free speech: is it endangered on campus; title: U.S. history: how do we remember our past?; title: A college education: how valuable is it?; title: Race: does it still matter?; title: Diversity and identity: how well is American immigration working?; title: Guns: can the second amendment survive?; title: Prison, police, punishment: is our criminal justice system broken?; title: Our battered economy: is the American dream over?; title: Marriage: what does it mean today?; title: Gender: what are the issues today?; title: The climate crisis: have we reached the point of no return?