The Best American Essays 2017 Contributor(s): Atwan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544817338 ISBN-13: 9780544817333 Publisher: Mariner Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2017 Click for more in this series: Best American Series (R) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Collections | Essays |
Dewey: 814.008 |
LCCN: 87640062 |
Series: Best American Series (R) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/28/2017 Library Journal 10/15/2017 pg. 83 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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 Weekly "The essay is political--and politically useful, by which I mean humanizing and provocative--because 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 distrust--faith and doubt--that 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 includes RACHEL KAADZI GHANSAH, LAWRENCE JACKSON, RACHEL KUSHNER, ALAN LIGHTMAN, BERNARD FARAI MATAMBO, WESLEY MORRIS, HEATHER SELLERS, ANDREA STUART and others |
Contributor Bio(s): Jamison, Leslie: - LESLIE JAMISON is the author of The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestselling essay collection. She lives in Brooklyn and is an assistant professor at Columbia University.Atwan, Robert: - ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide. |
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