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The best American essays 2019 / edited and with an introduction by Rebecca Solnit ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Solnit, Rebecca, (editor.). Atwan, Robert, (series editor.). Alameddine, Rabih. Comforting myths. (Added Author). Alexander, Michelle. We are not the resistance. (Added Author). Altfeld, Heather. Obituary for dead languages. (Added Author). Ariza, Mario Alejandro. Come heat and high water. (Added Author). Asim, Jabari, 1962- Getting it twisted. (Added Author). Chee, Alexander. Autobiography of my novel. (Added Author). Dungy, Camille T., 1972- Is all writing environmental writing? (Added Author). Gessen, Masha. Stories of a life. (Added Author). Guerrero, Jean. My father says he's a "targeted individual." (Added Author). Johnson, Lacy M., 1978- On likability. (Added Author).

Summary:

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

Record details

ISBN: 9781328465801
ISBN: 1328465802
Physical Description: xxvii, 226 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224).

Formatted Contents Note:

Comforting myths / Alameddine, Rabih -- We are not the resistance / Alexander, Michelle -- Obituary for dead languages / Altfeld, Heather -- Come heat and high water / Ariza, Mario Alejandro -- Getting it twisted / Asim, Jabari -- -- Autobiography of my novel / Chee, Alexander -- Is all writing environmental writing? / Dungy, Camille T. -- Stories of a life / Gessen, Masha -- My father says he's a "targeted individual" / Guerrero, Jean -- On likability / Johnson, Lacy M. -- Guns in the family / Johnson, Walter -- How to write about a vanishing world / Kolbert, Elizabeth -- Forever gone / Lanham, J. Drew -- Men are more afraid than ever / Loofbourow, Lili -- Silence breaking woman / Mailhot, Terese Marie -- When a person goes missing / Martin, Dawn Lundy -- Autobiography of an Iceheart / Pyle, Kai Monosh -- Death of an English major / Taylor, Gary -- The rage of the Incels / Tolentino, Jia -- In the maze / Tortorici, Dayna.