SummaryAmerica Now makes it easy for you to bring brief, thought-provoking essays on contemporary topics into your classroom. As series editor for The Best American Essays, Robert Atwan places an unrivaled focus on bringing today's best writing to students. By immersing students in public dialogue, America Now stimulates thoughtful composition. Instructors tell us that their students respond to the essays in the book, and they praise the reading and writing instruction, critical thinking and reading questions, and model student essays. Over half of the readings are new and published since 2021, making it truly a book for today's composition course.