| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages). |
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| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
A matter of life and death / Timothy Aubry -- Strange beads / Wendy Brenner -- The final day in Rome / John H. Culver -- Letter from Williamsburg / Kristin Dombek -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- At sixty-five / Emily Fox Gordon -- On enmity / Mary Gordon -- Letter from Greenwich Village / Vivian Gornick -- Slickheads / Lawrence Jackson -- The devil's bait / Leslie Jamison -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life / Yiyun Li -- Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez -- Someone else / Chris Offutt -- Joy / Zadie Smith -- Little X / Elizabeth Tallent -- The old man at Burning Man / Wells Tower -- How to make a slave / Jerald Walker -- On being introduced / Paul West -- Becoming them / James Wood -- Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser. |
| Summary |
"A creature from an alternative universe ... wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology ... Exhilarating."--Publishers WeeklyNew York Times Book Review." |
| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Summary |
Offers a selection of literary essays from the year 2014 which were originally published in American periodicals. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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American essays. |
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Electronic books. |
| Added Author |
Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974- editor.
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Aubry, Timothy.
Matter of life and death.
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Brenner, Wendy.
Strange beads.
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Culver, John H., 1945-
Final day in Rome.
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Dombek, Kristin.
Letter from Williamsburg.
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Eggers, Dave.
Man at the river.
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Gordon, Emily Fox, 1948-
At sixty-five.
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Gordon, Mary, 1949-
On enmity.
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Gornick, Vivian.
Letter from Greenwich Village.
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Jackson, Lawrence, 1942-
Slickheads.
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Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Devil's bait.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Best American essays 2014 Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 9780544309906 (NjBwBT)bl2014042978 (OCoLC)867078209 |
| ISBN |
9780544309326 : $14.95 |
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0544309324 : $14.95 |
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