America Nowhas always been characterized by its brief and very current readings that reflect what students are talking and writing about right now. As series editor forThe Best American Essays, Robert Atwan constantly scours a wide range of print and online periodicals, bringing toAmerica Nowan unrivaled awareness of the best writing on today's issues - and the top-notch editorial support students need to approach it and to create solid academic writing of their own. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages forAmerica Now,designed to take advantage of what the Web can do, with carefully curated, multimodal selections. When you useAmerica Nowin your course, the essential texts of today are both the words on a page and the world on a screen.