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The best American essays 2014 / edited and with an introduction by John Jeremiah Sullivan ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974- (editor.). Aubry, Timothy Richard, 1975- Matter of life and death. (Added Author). Brenner, Wendy. Strange beads. (Added Author). Culver, John H., 1945- Final day in Rome. (Added Author). Dombek, Kristin. Letter from Williamsburg. (Added Author). Eggers, Dave. Man at the river. (Added Author). Gordon, Emily Fox, 1948- At sixty-five. (Added Author). Gordon, Mary, 1949- On enmity. (Added Author). Gornick, Vivian. Letter from Greenwich Village. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence, 1942- Slickheads. (Added Author). Jamison, Leslie, 1983- Devil's bait. (Added Author). Levy, Ariel, 1974- Thanksgiving in Mongolia. (Added Author). Li, Yiyun, 1972- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life. (Added Author). Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- Sliver of sky. (Added Author). Offutt, Chris, 1958- Someone else. (Added Author). Smith, Zadie. Joy. (Added Author). Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954- Little X. (Added Author). Tower, Wells, 1973- Old man at Burning Man. (Added Author). Walker, Jerald. How to make a slave. (Added Author). West, Paul, 1930- On being introduced. (Added Author). Wood, James, 1965- Becoming them. (Added Author). Wormser, Baron. Legend : Willem de Kooning. (Added Author).

Summary:

Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2013 which were originally published in American periodicals.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544309906
ISBN: 0544309901
Physical Description: xxviii, 233 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Mariner original."

Formatted Contents Note:

A matter of life and death / Timothy Aubry -- Strange beads / Wendy Brenner -- The final day in Rome / John H. Culver -- Letter from Williamsburg / Kristin Dombek -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- At sixty-five / Emily Fox Gordon -- On enmity / Mary Gordon -- Letter from Greenwich Village / Vivian Gornick -- Slickheads / Lawrence Jackson -- The devil's bait / Leslie Jamison -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life / Yiyun Li -- Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez -- Someone else / Chris Offutt -- Joy / Zadie Smith -- Little X / Elizabeth Tallent -- The old man at Burning Man / Wells Tower -- How to make a slave / Jerald Walker -- On being introduced / Paul West -- Becoming them / James Wood -- Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser.