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The best American essays 2015

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

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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, Writer of introduction), Atwan, Robert (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Series:Best American series.
Subjects:
American essays > 21st century.
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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.

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