| Description |
xxi, 327 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
Bajadas / Francisco Cantú -- Girl / Alexanter Chee -- Against honeymoons / Charles Comey -- Names / Paul Crenshaw -- Ordinary girls / Jaquira Díaz -- My father and the wine / Irina Dumitrescu -- My heart lies between "the fleet" and "all the ships" / Ela Harrison -- The bonds of battle / Sebastian Junger -- Sexual paranoia / Laura Kipnis -- Thin places / Jordan Kisner -- Pyre / Amitava Kumar -- Of human carnage / Richard M. Lange -- Bastards / Lee Martin -- Family tradition / Lisa Nikolidakis -- The lost sister : an elegy / Joyce Carol Oates -- Right/left : a triptych / Marsha Pomerantz -- Big night / Jill Sisson Quinn -- Killing like they do in the movies / Justin Phillip Reed -- A general feeling of disorder / Oliver Sacks -- In praise of contempt / Katherine E. Standefer -- The eleventh commandment / George Steiner -- Namesake / Mason Stokes -- Black and blue and blond / Thomas Chatterton Williams. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Franzen, Jonathan, editor.
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Cantu̹, Francisco.
Bajadas.
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Chee, Alexander.
Girl.
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Comey, Charles, 1980-
Against honeymoons.
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Crenshaw, Paul, 1972-
Names.
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Di̹az, Jaquira.
Ordinary girls.
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Dumitrescu, Irina.
My father and the wine.
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Harrison, Ela.
My heart lies between "The Fleet" and "All the Ships."
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Junger, Sebastian.
Bonds of battle.
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Kipnis, Laura.
Sexual paranoia.
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Kisner, Jordan, 1987-
Thin places.
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| ISBN |
9780544812109 (paperback) |
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0544812107 (paperback) |
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