| Description |
xxiv, 307 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series, 0888-3742 |
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Best American series. 0888-3742
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| Contents |
Foreword / Robert Atwan -- Introduction: deciderization 2007--a special report / David Foster Wallace -- Werner / Jo Ann Beard -- Freedom to offend / Ian Burma -- Iraq: the war of the imagination / Mark Danner -- Fathead's hard times / W.S. Di Piero -- Orgy of power / George Gessert -- What the dog saw / Malcolm Gladwell -- Afternoon of the sex children / Mark Greif -- Operation Gomorrah / Marione Ingram -- Loaded / Garret Keizer -- Petrified / John Lahr -- Name that tone / Louis Menand -- Shakers / Daniel Orozco -- Out from Xanadu / Cynthia Ozick -- Passion flowers in winter / Molly Peacock -- In the Mosque of Imam Ali / Phillip Robertson -- Onward, Christian Liberals / Marilynne Robinson -- Disappointment / Richard Rodriguez -- Rules of Engagement / Elaine Scarry -- Carnivore's credo / Roger Scruton -- What should a billionaire give : and what should you? / Peter Singer -- Dragon slayers / Jerald Walker -- Apocalypse now / Edward O. Wilson -- Contributor's notes -- Notable essays of 2006 |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Wallace, David Foster.
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| ISBN |
9780618709274 |
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0618709266 |
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9780618709267 |
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0618709274 |
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