| Description |
xxiii, 339 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Best American series, 0888-3742 |
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Best American series. 0888-3742
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| Note |
Includes biographical notes (p. [329]-333). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [334]-339). |
| Contents |
Lavender / AndreĢ Aciman -- I bought a bed / Donald Antrim -- Lost cities / Rachel Cohen -- Yes / Brian Doyle -- In a snob-free zone / Joseph Epstein -- Memoria ex machina / Marshall Jon Fisher -- Home alone / Caitlin Flanagan -- Researchers say / Ian Frazier -- The learning curve / Atul Gawande -- Bumping into Mr. Ravioli / Adam Gopnik -- Debacle / Francine Du Plessix Gray -- Circus music / Edward Hoagland -- F. P. / Myra Jehlen -- Reporter's kitchen / Jane Kramer -- Wooden Dollar / Ben Metcalf -- Delivery for Fred Astaire / Frederic Morton -- Animal's place / Michael Pollan -- Learning to drive / Katha Pollitt -- Citizenship in emergency / Elaine Scarry -- Looking at war / Susan Sontag -- Habit / Francis Spufford -- Love of my life / Cheryl Strayed -- Swann song / Judith Thurman -- Whose war / John Edgar Wideman. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
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Atwan, Robert.
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| ISBN |
0618341609 hardcover $27.50 |
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0618341617 paperback |
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