num_pages: 336
description: Jamison has done an exceptional job curating this volume selecting essayists who are diverse in ideas and experiences and essays that are challenging passionate sobering and clever.-- Publishers WeeklyThe essay is politicaland politically useful by which I mean humanizing and provocativebecause of its commitment to nuance its explorations of contingency its spirit of unrest its glee at overturned assumptions; because of the double helix of awe and distrustfaith and doubtthat structures its DNA writes guest editor Leslie Jamison in her introduction. From the Iraqi desert to an East Jerusalem refugee camp from the beginnings of the universe to the aftermath of a suicide attempt the genetic makeup of the eclectic and electric selections in The Best American Essays 2017 thrill toward complexity. The Best American Essays 2017 includesRACHEL KAADZI GHANSAH LAWRENCE JACKSON RACHEL KUSHNER ALAN LIGHTMAN BERNARD FARAI MATAMBOWESLEY MORRIS HEATHER SELLERS ANDREA STUARTand others
language: English
title: The Best American Essays 2017
publisher: Mariner Books