The Best American Essays 2017
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"A Mariner original."
Two shallow graves / Jason Armet -- The weight of James Arthur Baldwin / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- White horse / Eliese Colette Goldbach -- The city that bleeds / Lawrence Jackson -- "We are ophans here" / Rachel Kushner -- What comes before the big bang? / Alan Lightman -- Cost of living / Emily Maloney -- If I only had a leg / Greg Marshall -- Working the city / Bernard Farai Matambo -- Sparrow needy / Kenneth A. McClane -- The book of the dead / Catherine Venable Moore -- Last taboo / Wesley Morris -- Indigent disposition / Christopher Notarnicola -- Dispatch from flyover country / Meghan O'Gieblyn -- The reader is the protagonist / Karen Palmer -- H / Sarah Resnick -- Haywire / Heather Sellers -- Travels in Pornland / Andrea Stuart -- Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto / June Thunderstorm -- Snakebit / Alia Volz.
Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals.
Contents: Two shallow graves. -- Weight of James Arthur Baldwin. -- White horse. -- City that bleeds. -- We are orphans here. -- What came before the Big Bang? -- Cost of living. -- If I only had a leg. -- Working the city. -- Sparrow needy. -- Book of the dead. -- Last taboo. -- Indigent disposition. -- Dispatch from flyover country. -- Reader is the protagonist. -- H. -- Haywire. -- Travels in Pornland. -- Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto. -- Snakebit.
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The best American series.
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: xxvi, 302 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780544817333
0544817338
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Atwan, Robert,
Arment, Jason.
Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981-
Goldbach, Eliese Colette.
Jackson, Lawrence.
Kushner, Rachel.
Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
Maloney, Emily.
Marshall, Greg.
Matambo, Bernard Farai.
McClane, Kenneth A., 1951-
Moore, Catherine Venable
Morris, Wesley
Notarnicola, Christopher
O'Gieblyn, Meghan
Palmer, Karen, 1976-
Resnick, Sarah.
Sellers, Heather, 1964-
Stuart, Andrea.
Thunderstorm, Jan,
Volz, Alia,
SUBJECTS
American essays -- 21st century.
Essays.