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The best American essays 2016 Cover Image Book Book

The best American essays 2016 / edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Franzen ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Franzen, Jonathan, (editor.). Cantu, Francisco. Bajadas. (Added Author). Chee, Alexander. Girl. (Added Author). Comey, Charles. Against honeymoons. (Added Author). Crenshaw, Paul, 1972- Names. (Added Author). Díaz, Jaquira. Ordinary girls. (Added Author). Dumitrescu, Irina. My father and the wine. (Added Author). Harrison, Ela. My heart lies between "The Fleet" and "All the Ships." (Added Author). Junger, Sebastian. Bonds of battle. (Added Author). Kipnis, Laura. Sexual paranoia. (Added Author). Kisner, Jordan. Thin places. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780544812109 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0544812107 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 327 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

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"A Mariner original."
Formatted Contents Note:
Bajadas / Francisco Cantú -- Girl / Alexanter Chee -- Against honeymoons / Charles Comey -- Names / Paul Crenshaw -- Ordinary girls / Jaquira Díaz -- My father and the wine / Irina Dumitrescu -- My heart lies between "the fleet" and "all the ships" / Ela Harrison -- The bonds of battle / Sebastian Junger -- Sexual paranoia / Laura Kipnis -- Thin places / Jordan Kisner -- Pyre / Amitava Kumar -- Of human carnage / Richard M. Lange -- Bastards / Lee Martin -- Family tradition / Lisa Nikolidakis -- The lost sister : an elegy / Joyce Carol Oates -- Right/left : a triptych / Marsha Pomerantz -- Big night / Jill Sisson Quinn -- Killing like they do in the movies / Justin Phillip Reed -- A general feeling of disorder / Oliver Sacks -- In praise of contempt / Katherine E. Standefer -- The eleventh commandment / George Steiner -- Namesake / Mason Stokes -- Black and blue and blond / Thomas Chatterton Williams.

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Subject: American essays > 21st century.
Genre: Essays.

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