| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 241 pages). |
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text file rda |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Islands / Hilton Als -- This old man / Roger Angell -- Charade / Kendra Atleework -- A message to the twenty-first century / Isaiah Berlin -- Strange days / Sven Birkerts -- Vision / Tiffany Briere -- My daughter and God / Justin Cronin -- Difference maker / Meghan Daum -- Thing with feathers that perches in the soul / Anthony Doerr -- The crooked ladder / Malcolm Gladwell -- 65 / Mark Jacobson -- Scenes from a life in Negroland / Margo Jefferson -- Smuggler / Philip Kennicott -- A man and his cat / Tim Kreider -- The loudproof room / Kate Lebo -- My grandma the poisoner / John Reed -- Reflections on indexing my lynching book / Ashraf H.A. Rushdy -- Stepping out / David Sedaris -- Find your beach / Zadie Smith -- Arrival gates / Rebecca Solnit -- My uniform / Cheryl Strayed -- It will look like a sunset / Kelly Sundberg. |
| Summary |
"This eclectic, powerful array of thought-provoking essays is sure to appeal to a broad array of readers." ́⁰4 Publishers Weekly New Yorker magazine staff writer and award-winning essayist Ariel Levy brings her wide-ranging taste and unforgettable voice to The Best American Essays 2015. Selecting from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, Levy will "discover this year's finest essays, diverse in subject matter, each one surprising and elegant" (Shelf Awareness for Readers). |
| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Summary |
Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year 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. |
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Levy, Ariel, 1974- editor.
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Als, Hilton.
Islands.
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Angell, Roger.
Works. Selections.
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Atleework, Kendra.
Charade.
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Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
Message to the twenty-first century.
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Birkerts, Sven.
Strange days.
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Briere, Tiffany.
Vision.
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Cronin, Justin.
My daughter and god.
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Daum, Meghan, 1970-
Difference maker.
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Doerr, Anthony, 1973-
Thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
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Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Crooked ladder.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Best American essays 2015 Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 9780544569621 (NjBwBT)bl2015038110 (OCoLC)898052108 |
| ISBN |
9780544579217 : $14.95 |
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0544579216 : $14.95 |
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