| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 306 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Summary |
Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-306). |
| Contents |
Abasement / Brian Blanchfield -- Drinking story / Elissa Washuta -- Fire and ice / Debra Gwartney -- Ghosts / Vauhini Vara -- The wild, sublime body / Melissa Febos -- Baby yeah / Anthony Veasna So -- The Gye, the no-name hair salon, the coup d'État, and the small dreamers / Jung Hae Chae -- It had to be gold / Justin Torress -- Futurity / Alex Marzano-Lesnevich -- Her kind / Naomi A. Jackson -- Ghost bread / Angelique Stevens -- The gamble / Lina Mounzer -- The wrong Jason Brown / Jason Brown -- Between these lives, Azeroth / Tanner Akoni Laguatan -- Among men / Calvin Gimpelevich -- China brain / Andrea Long Chu -- What she would always and should always be doing / Kaitlyn Greenidge -- My gentile region / Gary Shteyngart -- Anatomy of a botched assimilation / Jesus Quintero -- Mother country / Elias Rodriques -- At the bend of the road / Aube Rey Lescure -- If you ever find yourself / Erica J. Simpson -- The lost list / Ryan Bradley -- Contributor's notes -- Notable essays and literary nonfiction of 2021 -- Notable special issues of 2021 |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Chee, Alexander, editor.
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Blanchfield, Brian, 1973-
Abasement.
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Washuta, Elissa.
Drinking story.
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Gwartney, Debra.
Fire and ice.
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Vara, Vauhini, 1982-
Ghosts.
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Febos, Melissa.
Wild, sublime body.
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So, Anthony Veasna, 1992-2020.
Baby yeah.
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Chae, Jung Hae.
Gye, the no-name hair salon, the coup d'État, and the small dreamers.
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Torres, Justin, 1980-
It had to be gold.
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Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria.
Futurity.
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Jackson, Naomi A.
Her kind.
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Stevens, Angelique.
Ghost bread.
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Mounzer, Lina.
Gamble.
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Brown, Jason, 1969-
Wrong Jason Brown.
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Laguatan, Tanner Akoni.
Between these lives, Azeroth.
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Gimpelevich, Calvin, 1989-
Among Men.
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Chu, Andrea Long.
China brain.
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Greenidge, Kaitlyn.
What she would always and should always be doing.
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Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-
My gentile region.
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Quintero P., Jesús Ramón.
Anatomy of a botched assimilation.
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Rodriques, Elias.
Mother country.
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Lescure, Aube Rey.
At the bend of the road.
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Simpson, Erica J.
If you ever find yourself.
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Bradley, Ryan.
Lost list.
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| ISBN |
9780358658870 (paperback) |
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035865887X (paperback) |
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