The Best American Essays 2015“22 contributors explore a wide range of experiences” in this “illuminating, invaluable” anthology edited by the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs (Publishers Weekly). Writing an essay is like catching a wave, posits guest editor Ariel Levy. To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water. The writers featured in this volume are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted a wide range of pieces awash in a diversity of moods, voices, and stances. Leaving an abusive marriage, parting with a younger self, losing your sanity to Fitbit, and even saying goodbye to a beloved pair of pants are just some of the experience probed by essays that are unified in the daring of their creation. As Levy notes, Writing around an idea you think is worthwhile—an idea you suspect is an insight—requires real audacity.” The Best American Essays 2015 includes entries by Hilton Als, Roger Angell, Justin Cronin, Meghan Daum, Anthony Doerr, Margo Jefferson, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit and others. |
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User Review - Publishers WeeklyAssembled by New Yorker staff writer Levy (Female Chauvinist Pigs), the 30th Best American Essays collection maintains the series’ standards of excellence. The 22 contributors explore a wide range of ... Read full review
Contents
| 1 | |
This Old Man | 9 |
Charade | 22 |
A Message to the TwentyFirst Century | 31 |
Strange Days | 35 |
Vision | 45 |
My Daughter and God | 56 |
Difference Maker | 72 |
A Man and His Cat | 150 |
The Loudproof Room | 156 |
My Grandma the Poisoner | 162 |
Reflections on Indexing My Lynching Book | 172 |
Stepping Out | 185 |
Find Your Beach | 192 |
Arrival Gates | 198 |
My Uniform | 205 |
Thing with Feathers That Perches in the Soul | 88 |
The Crooked Ladder | 98 |
65 | 111 |
Scenes | 124 |
Smuggler | 135 |
It Will Look Like a Sunset | 208 |
Back Matter | 217 |
Back Cover | 245 |
Spine | 246 |
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| Title | The Best American Essays 2015 The Best American Series |
| Editor | Ariel Levy |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0544579216, 9780544579217 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Literary Collections / Essays |
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