| Description |
xxvi, 302 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Jamison, Leslie, 1983- editor.
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Atwan, Robert, series editor.
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Arment, Jason.
Two shallow graves.
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Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981-
Weight of James Arthur Baldwin.
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Goldbach, Eliese Colette, 1986-
White horse.
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Jackson, Lawrence.
City that bleeds.
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Kushner, Rachel.
We are orphans here.
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Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
What came before the Big Bang?
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Maloney, Emily.
Cost of living.
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Marshall, Greg.
If I only had a leg.
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Matambo, Bernard Farai.
Working the city.
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McClane, Kenneth A., 1951-
Sparrow needy.
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Moore, Catherine Venable.
Book of the dead.
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Morris, Wesley.
Last taboo.
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Notarnicola, Christopher, 1988-
Indigent disposition.
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O'Gieblyn, Meghan, 1982-
Dispatch from flyover country.
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Palmer, Karen, 1976-
Reader is the protagonist.
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Resnick, Sarah.
H.
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Sellers, Heather, 1964-
Haywire.
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Stuart, Andrea.
Travels in Pornland.
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Thunderstorm, Jan,.
Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto.
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Volz, Alia,.
Snakebit.
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| ISBN |
9780544817333 |
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0544817338 |
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