The best American essays 2017
By: edited and with an introduction by Leslie Jamison ; Robert Atwan, series editor
Contributors: Arment, Jason; Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981-; Goldbach, Eliese Colette, 1986-; Jackson, Lawrence Patrick; Kushner, Rachel; Lightman, Alan P., 1948-; Maloney, Emily; Marshall, Greg (Essayist); Matambo, Bernard Farai; McClane, Kenneth A., 1951-; Moore, Catherine Venable; Morris, Wesley; Notarnicola, Christopher, 1988-; O'Gieblyn, Meghan, 1982-; Palmer, Karen, 1976-; Resnick, Sarah; Sellers, Heather, 1964-; Stuart, Andrea; Thunderstorm, June; Volz, Alia, 1977-
Series: The best American series; Best American series
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780544817333
Subjects: American essays
Description: Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals.
Notes: "A Mariner original."
Table of contents: title: Two shallow graves  -- Jason Arment; title: The weight of James Arthur Baldwin  -- Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah; title: White horse  -- Eliese Colette Goldbach; title: The city that bleeds  -- Lawrence Jackson; title: "We are orphans here"  -- Rachel Kushner; title: What came before the big bang?  -- Alan Lightman; title: Cost of living  -- Emily Maloney; title: If I only had a leg  -- Greg Marshall; title: Working the city  -- Bernard Farai Matambo; title: Sparrow needy  -- Kenneth A. McClane; title: The book of the dead  -- Catherine Venable Moore; title: Last taboo  -- Wesley Morris; title: Indigent disposition  -- Christopher Notarnicola; title: Dispatch from flyover country  -- Meghan O'Gieblyn; title: The reader is the protagonist  -- Karen Palmer; title: H.  -- Sarah Resnick; title: Haywire  -- Heather Sellers; title: Travels in Pornland  -- Andrea Stuart; title: Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto  -- June Thunderstorm; title: Snakebit -- Alia Volz.