num_pages: 336
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 respected  and most popular  of its kind.The Best American Essays 2012 includesMarcia Angell Miah Arnold Mark Doty Joseph Epstein Jonathan FranzenMalcolm Gladwell Francine Prose Lauren SlaterSandra Tsing Loh Jose Antonio Vargas and others
language: English
title: The Best American Essays 2012
publisher: Mariner Books