The best American essays 2016
By: edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Franzen ; Robert Atwan, series editor
Contributors: CantuÌ¹, Francisco; Chee, Alexander; Comey, Charles; Crenshaw, Paul, 1972-; DiÌ¹az, Jaquira; Dumitrescu, Irina; Harrison, Ela; Junger, Sebastian; Kipnis, Laura; Kisner, Jordan
Series: The best American series; Best American series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780544812109
Subjects: American essays
Notes: "A Mariner original."
Table of contents: title: Bajadas / Francisco Cantú --; title: Girl  -- Alexanter Chee; title: Against honeymoons  -- Charles Comey; title: Names  -- Paul Crenshaw; title: Ordinary girls  -- Jaquira Díaz; title: My father and the wine  -- Irina Dumitrescu; title: My heart lies between "the fleet" and "all the ships"  -- Ela Harrison; title: The bonds of battle  -- Sebastian Junger; title: Sexual paranoia  -- Laura Kipnis; title: Thin places  -- Jordan Kisner; title: Pyre  -- Amitava Kumar; title: Of human carnage  -- Richard M. Lange; title: Bastards  -- Lee Martin; title: Family tradition  -- Lisa Nikolidakis; title: The lost sister : an elegy  -- Joyce Carol Oates; title: Right/left : a triptych  -- Marsha Pomerantz; title: Big night  -- Jill Sisson Quinn; title: Killing like they do in the movies  -- Justin Phillip Reed; title: A general feeling of disorder  -- Oliver Sacks; title: In praise of contempt  -- Katherine E. Standefer; title: The eleventh commandment  -- George Steiner; title: Namesake  -- Mason Stokes; title: Black and blue and blond -- Thomas Chatterton Williams.