num_pages: 226
description: This year's collection of outstanding essays offers distinctive works by Susan Sontag, Hilton Als, Thomas McGuane, Joy Williams, and Roy Blount, among other notable writers. Simultaneous.
language: English
title: The Best American Essays 1997
titlecomplete: The Best American Essays 1997
genres: Nonfiction, Anthologies, Essays
ratings_count: 70
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt