Best American essays

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Hardwick, Elizabeth Talese, Gay Dillard, Annie Wolff, Geoffrey, 1937 Kaplan, Justin Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938 Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 Epstein, Joseph, 1937 Kidder, Tracy Kincaid, Jamaica Ward, Geoffrey C Frazier, Ian Ozick, Cynthia, 1928 Hoagland, Edward Lightman, Alan P., 1948 Norris, Kathleen, 1947 Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941 Fadiman, Anne, 1953 Menand, Louis Orlean, Susan Slater, Lauren Wallace, David Foster Gopnik, Adam Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019 Hitchens, Christopher, 1949-2011 Danticat, Edwidge Atwan, Robert Strayed, Cheryl, 1968 Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974 Levy, Ariel Franzen, Jonathan Als, Hilton Solnit, Rebecca Aciman, Andre

1) The best American essays, 1986

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Hardwick, Elizabeth

2) The best American essays, 1987

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Talese, Gay

3) The best American essays, 1988

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Dillard, Annie

4) The best American essays, 1989

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Wolff, Geoffrey, 1937-

5) The best American essays, 1990

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Kaplan, Justin

6) The best American essays, 1991

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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

7) The best American essays, 1992

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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004

8) The best American essays, 1993

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Epstein, Joseph, 1937-

9) The best American essays, 1994

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Kidder, Tracy

10) The best American essays, 1995

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Kincaid, Jamaica

11) The best American essays, 1996

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Ward, Geoffrey C.

12) The best American essays, 1997

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Frazier, Ian

13) The best American essays, 1998

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Ozick, Cynthia, 1928-

14) The best American essays, 1999

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Hoagland, Edward

15) The best American essays of the century

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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

16) The best American essays, 2000

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Lightman, Alan P., 1948-

17) The best American essays, 2001

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Norris, Kathleen, 1947-

18) The best American essays, 2002

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Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-

19) The best American essays, 2003

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Fadiman, Anne, 1953-

20) The best American essays, 2004

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Menand, Louis

21) The best American essays, 2005

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Orlean, Susan

22) The best American essays, 2006

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Slater, Lauren

23) The best American essays, 2007

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Wallace, David Foster

24) The best American essays, 2008

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Gopnik, Adam

25) The best American essays, 2009

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Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019

26) The best American essays, 2010

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Hitchens, Christopher, 1949-2011

27) The Best American Essays 2011

Author

Danticat, Edwidge

Series

Best American essays

Pub. Date

2011

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eBook, Kindle

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The acclaimed author of Breath, Eyes, Memory presents an anthology of personal essays by Hilton Als, Christopher Hitchens, Zadie Smith and others.

In her selection process for this sterling volume, Edwidge Danticat considers the inherent vulnerability of the essay form—a vulnerability that seems all the more present in today’s spotlighted public square. As she says in her introduction, “when we insert our ‘I’

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28) The best American essays, 2012

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Atwan, Robert

29) The best American essays, 2013

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Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-

30) The best American essays 2014

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Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974-

31) The Best American Essays 2015

Author

Levy, Ariel

Series

Best American essays

Pub. Date

2015

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“22 contributors explore a wide range of experiences” in this “illuminating, invaluable” anthology edited by the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs (Publishers Weekly).

Writing an essay is like catching a wave, posits guest editor Ariel Levy. To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water. The writers featured in this volume are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted...