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The best American essays 2017

Jamison, Leslie, 1983- (editor.). Atwan, Robert, (series editor.). Arment, Jason. Two shallow graves. (Added Author). Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981- Weight of James Arthur Baldwin. (Added Author). Goldbach, Eliese Colette. White horse. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence. City that bleeds. (Added Author). Kushner, Rachel. We are orphans here. (Added Author). Lightman, Alan P., 1948- What came before the Big Bang? (Added Author). Maloney, Emily. Cost of living. (Added Author). Marshall, Greg. If I only had a leg. (Added Author). Matambo, Bernard Farai. Working the city. (Added Author). McClane, Kenneth A., 1951- Sparrow needy. (Added Author). Moore, Catherine Venable. Book of the dead. (Added Author). Morris, Wesley. Last taboo. (Added Author). Notarnicola, Christopher. Indigent disposition. (Added Author). O'Gieblyn, Meghan. Dispatch from flyover country. (Added Author). Palmer, Karen, 1976- Reader is the protagonist. (Added Author). Resnick, Sarah. H. (Added Author). Sellers, Heather, 1964- Haywire. (Added Author). Stuart, Andrea. Travels in Pornland. (Added Author). Thunderstorm, Jan. Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto. (Added Author). Volz, Alia. Snakebit. (Added Author).

Summary:

Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544817333
ISBN: 0544817338
Physical Description: xxvi, 302 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Mariner original."

Formatted Contents Note:

Two shallow graves / Jason Armet -- The weight of James Arthur Baldwin / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- White horse / Eliese Colette Goldbach -- The city that bleeds / Lawrence Jackson -- "We are ophans here" / Rachel Kushner -- What comes before the big bang? / Alan Lightman -- Cost of living / Emily Maloney -- If I only had a leg / Greg Marshall -- Working the city / Bernard Farai Matambo -- Sparrow needy / Kenneth A. McClane -- The book of the dead / Catherine Venable Moore -- Last taboo / Wesley Morris -- Indigent disposition / Christopher Notarnicola -- Dispatch from flyover country / Meghan O'Gieblyn -- The reader is the protagonist / Karen Palmer -- H / Sarah Resnick -- Haywire / Heather Sellers -- Travels in Pornland / Andrea Stuart -- Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto / June Thunderstorm -- Snakebit / Alia Volz.