The Best American Essays 2014
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A matter of life and death / Timothy Aubry -- Strange beads / Wendy Brenner -- The final day in Rome / John H. Culver -- Letter from Williamsburg / Kristin Dombek -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- At sixty-five / Emily Fox Gordon -- On enmity / Mary Gordon -- Letter from Greenwich Village / Vivian Gornick -- Slickheads / Lawrence Jackson -- The devil's bait / Leslie Jamison -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life / Yiyun Li -- Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez -- Someone else / Chris Offutt -- Joy / Zadie Smith -- Little X / Elizabeth Tallent -- The old man at Burning Man / Wells Tower -- How to make a slave / Jerald Walker -- On being introduced / Paul West -- Becoming them / James Wood -- Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser.
Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2013 which were originally published in American periodicals.
Contents: Matter of life and death. -- Strange beads. -- Final day in Rome. -- Letter from Williamsburg. -- Man at the river. -- At sixty-five. -- On enmity. -- Letter from Greenwich Village. -- Slickheads. -- Devil's bait. -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia. -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life. -- Sliver of sky. -- Someone else. -- Joy. -- Little X. -- The old man at Burning Man. -- How to make a slave. -- On being introduced. -- Becoming them. -- Legend : Willem de Kooning.
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Best American series.
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xxviii, 233 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780544309906
0544309901
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974-
Aubry, Timothy Richard, 1975-
Brenner, Wendy.
Culver, John H., 1945-
Dombek, Kristin.
Eggers, Dave.
Gordon, Emily Fox, 1948-
Gordon, Mary, 1949-
Gornick, Vivian.
Jackson, Lawrence, 1942-
Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Levy, Ariel, 1974-
Li, Yiyun, 1972-
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-
Offutt, Chris, 1958-
Smith, Zadie.
Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954-
Tower, Wells, 1973-
Walker, Jerald.
West, Paul, 1930-
Wood, James, 1965-
Wormser, Baron.
SUBJECTS
American essays -- 21st century.