The best American essays 2015

Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2014 which were originally published in American periodicals.

Main Authors: 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)
Other Authors: Levy, Ariel, 1974- (Editor), Atwan, Robert (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Series: Best American series.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.