| Description |
xxxii, 293 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
Includes contributors' notes and other notable essays and literacy fiction from 2019. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-293). |
| Summary |
Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2019 which were originally published in American periodicals. |
| Contents |
How to bartend / Rabih Alameddine -- Ghost museum / Elvis Bego -- Driving as metaphor / Rachel Cusk -- The humanoid stain / Barbara Ehrenreich -- After the three-moon era / Gary Fincke -- Cosmic latte / Ron Huett -- A street full of splendid strangers / Leslie Jamison -- A letter to Robinson Crusoe / Jamaica Kincaid -- Maly Trostinets / Joseph Leo Koerner -- Body language / Alex Marzano-Lesnevich -- A thing about cancer / Clinton Crockett Peters -- The other Leopold / Susan Fox Rogers -- To grieve is to carry another time / Matthew Salesses -- 77 Sunset me / Peter Schjeldahl -- Under the sign of Susan / A. O. Scott -- Semantic drift / Lionel Shriver -- Ode al vento occidentale / Mark Sullivan -- Holiday review / Mark Sundeen -- My pink lake and other digressions / Alison Townsend -- Bed / David L. Ulin -- Breathe / Jerald Walker -- The unfound door / Stephanie Powell Watts -- Soul-error / Philip Weinstein -- Was Shakespeare a woman? / Elizabeth Winkler. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Aciman, André, editor, writer of introduction.
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Atwan, Robert, editor.
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Container of (work): Alameddine, Rabih.
How to bartend.
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Container of (work): Bego, Elvis.
Ghost museum.
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Container of (work): Cusk, Rachel, 1967-
Driving as metaphor.
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Container of (work): Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Humanoid stain.
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Container of (work): Fincke, Gary.
After the three-moon era.
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Container of (work): Huett, Ron.
Cosmic latte.
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Container of (work): Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Street full of splendid strangers.
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Container of (work): Kincaid, Jamaica.
Letter to Robinson Crusoe.
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Container of (work): Koerner, Joseph Leo.
Maly Trostinets.
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Container of (work): Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria.
Body language.
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Container of (work): Peters, Clinton Crockett.
Thing about cancer.
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Container of (work): Rogers, Susan Fox.
Other Leopold.
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Container of (work): Salesses, Matthew.
To grieve is to carry another time.
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Container of (work): Schjeldahl, Peter.
77 Sunset me.
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Container of (work): Scott, A. O., 1966-
Under the sign of Susan.
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Container of (work): Shriver, Lionel.
Semantic drift.
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Container of (work): Sullivan, Mark, 1961-
Ode al vento occidentale.
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Container of (work): Sundeen, Mark, 1970-
Holiday review.
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Container of (work): Townsend, Alison.
My pink lake and other digressions.
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Container of (work): Ulin, David L.
Bed.
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Container of (work): Walker, Jerald.
Breathe.
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Container of (work): Watts, Stephanie Powell.
Unfound door.
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Container of (work): Weinstein, Philip M.
Soul-error.
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Container of (work): Winkler, Elizabeth (Journalist).
Was Shakespeare a woman?
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| ISBN |
9780358359913 (paperback) |
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0358359910 (paperback) |
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