num_pages: 272
description: The Best American SeriesFirst Best and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines journals and websites . A special guest editor a leading writer in the field then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respectedand most popularof its kind. The Best American Essays 2011 includesHilton Als Katy Butler Toi Derricotte Christopher HitchensPico Iyer Charlie LeDuff Chang-Rae Lee Lia Purpura Zadie SmithReshma Memon Yaqub and others
language: English
title: The Best American Essays 2011
publisher: Mariner Books