The Best American Essays

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Ticknor & Fields, 1990 - American essays
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Best-selling author Alan Lightman selects the year’s finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its fifteenth year. He has chosen a diverse, very personal collection that celebrates the ... Read full review

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 1994

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Volume nine strains a bit to achieve its predecessors' diversity by stretching the definition of ``essay.'' Take, for example, the two longest contributions. In ``Trucking Through the AIDS Belt'' Ted ... Read full review

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MICHAEL ARLEN Armenian Journal
1
JACQUES BARZUN The Paradoxes of Creativity
20
ANATOLE BROYARD Intoxicated by My Illness
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