| Description |
xxviii, 233 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
A matter of life and death / Timothy Aubry -- Strange beads / Wendy Brenner -- The final day in Rome / John H. Culver -- Letter from Williamsburg / Kristin Dombek -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- At sixty-five / Emily Fox Gordon -- On enmity / Mary Gordon -- Letter from Greenwich Village / Vivian Gornick -- Slickheads / Lawrence Jackson -- The devil's bait / Leslie Jamison -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life / Yiyun Li -- Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez -- Someone else / Chris Offutt -- Joy / Zadie Smith -- Little X / Elizabeth Tallent -- The old man at Burning Man / Wells Tower -- How to make a slave / Jerald Walker -- On being introduced / Paul West -- Becoming them / James Wood -- Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser. |
| Summary |
Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2013 which were originally published in American periodicals. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974- editor.
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Aubry, Timothy Richard, 1975-
Matter of life and death.
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Brenner, Wendy.
Strange beads.
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Culver, John H., 1945-
Final day in Rome.
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Dombek, Kristin.
Letter from Williamsburg.
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Eggers, Dave.
Man at the river.
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Gordon, Emily Fox, 1948-
At sixty-five.
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Gordon, Mary, 1949-
On enmity.
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Gornick, Vivian.
Letter from Greenwich Village.
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Jackson, Lawrence, 1942-
Slickheads.
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Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Devil's bait.
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Levy, Ariel, 1974-
Thanksgiving in Mongolia.
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Li, Yiyun, 1972-
Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life.
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Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-
Sliver of sky.
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Offutt, Chris, 1958-
Someone else.
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Smith, Zadie.
Joy.
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Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954-
Little X.
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Tower, Wells, 1973-
Old man at Burning Man.
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Walker, Jerald.
How to make a slave.
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West, Paul, 1930-2015.
On being introduced.
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Wood, James, 1965-
Becoming them.
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Wormser, Baron.
Legend : Willem de Kooning.
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| ISBN |
9780544309906 |
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0544309901 |
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