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The best American essays 2015 Cover Image Book Book

The best American essays 2015 / edited and with an introduction by Ariel Levy ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Levy, Ariel, 1974- (editor,, writer of introduction.). Atwan, Robert, (editor.). Als, Hilton, (author.). Angell, Roger, (author.). Atleework, Kendra, (author.). Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997 (author.). Birkerts, Sven, (author.). Briere, Tiffany, (author.). Cronin, Justin, (author.). Daum, Meghan, 1970- (author.). Doerr, Anthony, 1973- (author.). Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- (author.). Jacobson, Mark, (author.). Jefferson, Margo, 1947- (author.). Kennicott, Philip, (author.). Kreider, Tim, (author.). Lebo, Kate, (author.). Reed, John, (author.). Rushdy, Ashraf H. A., 1961- (author.). Sedaris, David, (author.). Smith, Zadie, (author.). Solnit, Rebecca, (author.). Strayed, Cheryl, 1968- (author.). Sundberg, Kelly, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780544569621
  • ISBN: 0544569628
  • Physical Description: xviii, 241 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Mariner original."
Formatted Contents Note:
Islands / Hilton Als -- This old man / Roger Angell -- Charade / Kendra Atleework -- A message to the twenty-first century / Isaiah Berlin -- Strange days / Sven Birkerts -- Vision / Tiffany Briere -- My daughter and God / Justin Cronin -- Difference maker / Meghan Daum -- Thing with feathers that perches in the soul / Anthony Doerr -- The crooked ladder / Malcolm Gladwell -- 65 / Mark Jacobson -- Scenes from a life in Negroland / Margo Jefferson -- Smuggler / Philip Kennicott -- A man and his cat / Tim Kreider -- The loudproof room / Kate Lebo -- My grandma the poisoner / John Reed -- Reflections on indexing my lynching book / Ashraf H. A. Rushdy -- Stepping out / David Sedaris -- Find your beach / Zadie Smith -- Arrival gates / Rebecca Solnit -- My uniform / Cheryl Strayed -- It will look like a sunset / Kelly Sundberg.
Summary, etc.:
Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2014 which were originally published in American periodicals.

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Subject: American essays > 21st century.
Genre: Essays.

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