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245 04 The contemporary American essay /|cedited and with an
introduction by Phillip Lopate.
264 1 New York :|bAnchor Books, a division of Penguin Random
House LLC,|c[2021]
300 xviii, 615 pages ;|c21 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
505 00 |tI am the happiness of this world /|rHilton Als --|tOne
summer /|rNicholson Baker --|tPortrait of the bagel as a
young man /|rThomas Beller --|tBrave face /|rSven
Birkerts --|tExcerpt from On immunity /|rEula Biss --
|tTactless /|rMary Cappello --|tDecreation : how women
like Sappho, Marguerite Porete and Simone Weil tell God /
|rAnne Carson --|tHome alone /|rTerry Castle --|tGirl /
|rAlexander Chee --|tBlack body /|rTeju Cole --|tGreedy
sleep /|rBernard Cooper --|tThe doctor is a woman /
|rSloane Crosley --|tLoitering /|rCharles D'Ambrosio --
|tMatricide --|tJoyas Voladoras /|rBrian Doyle --
|tOtherwise known as the human condition (with particular
reference to doughnut plant doughnuts) /|rGeoff Dyer --
|tCID-LAX-BOG /|rLina Ferreira --|tDoing no harm : some
thoughts on reading and writing in the age of umbrage /
|rLynn Freed --|tThe case of the angry daughter /|rRivka
Galchen --|tScat /|rRoss Gay --|tOn revenge /|rLouise
Glück --|tFaculty wife|rEmily Fox Gordon --|tOther
people's secrets /|rPatricia Hampl --|tThe aquarium /
|rAleksandar Hemon --|tThe terror of love /|rSamantha Irby
--|tThe empathy exams /|rLeslie Jamison --|tNegroland /
|rMargo Jefferson --|tDomestic gulags /|rLaura Kipnis --
|tAnn; death and the maiden /|rDavid Lazar --|tDear friend,
from my life I write to you in your life /|rYiyun Li --
|tExperience necessary /|rPhillip Lopate --|tThe
invitation /|rBarry Lopez --|tBodies in motion and at rest
/|rThomas Lynch --|tDraft no. 4 /|rJohn McPhee --|tFailure
: another meditation, another iteration (with
interruptions) /|rAnder Monson --|tLive through that?! /
|rEileen Myles --|tExcerpt from The argonauts /|rMaggie
Nelson --|tHomeschool /|rMeghan O'Gieblyn --|tA visit to
San Quentin /|rJoyce Carol Oates --|tBusted in New York /
|rDarryl Pinckney --|tAgainst "gunmetal" /|rLia Purpura --
|tBeeper world /|rKaren Russell --|tThis old house /
|rDavid Sedaris --|tDifferences : sex, separateness &
marriage /|rShifra Sharlin --|tInformation sickness /
|rDavid Shields --|tGray area : thinking with a damaged
brain /|rFloyd Skloot --|tCassandra among the creeps /
|rRebecca Solnit --|tEric Garner and me /|rClifford
Thompson --|tWe out here /|rWesley Yang.
520 "The first decades of the twenty-first century have
witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this
extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by
forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers,
mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and
making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles.
The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a
remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves
fantastic writing."--|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 American essays.
655 7 Essays.|2lcgft
700 1 Lopate, Phillip,|d1943-|eeditor.
700 1 Cooper, Bernard.|tGreedy sleep.
700 1 Crosley, Sloane.|tThe doctor is a woman.
700 1 D'Ambrosio, Charles.|tEssays.|kSelections.
700 1 Doyle, Brian.|tJoyas Voladoras.
700 1 Dyer, Geoff.|tOtherwise known as the human condition (with
particular reference todoughnut plant doughnuts.
700 1 Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, Lina Maria.|tCID-LAX-BOG.
700 1 Freed, Lynn.|tDoing no harm : some thoughts on reading and
writing in the age of umbrage.
700 1 Galchen, Rivka.|tThe case of the angry daughter.
700 1 Gay, Ross,|d1974-|tScat.
700 1 Glück, Louise,|d1943-|tOn revenge.
700 1 Gordon, Emily Fox,|d1948-|tFaculty wife.
700 1 Hampl, Patricia,|d1946-|tOther people's secrets.
700 1 Hemon, Aleksandar,|d1964-|tThe aquarium.
700 1 Irby, Samantha.|tThe terror of love.
700 1 Jamison, Leslie.|tThe empathy exams.
700 1 Jefferson, Margo,|d1947-|tNegroland.
700 1 Kipnis, Laura.|tDomestic gulags.
700 1 Lazar, David,|d1957-|tAnn; death and the maiden.
700 1 Li, Yiyun,|d1971-|tDear friend, from my life I write to
you in your life.
700 1 Lopate, Phillip,|d1943-|tExperience necessary.
700 1 Lopez, Barry Holstun,|d1945-2020.|tThe invitation.
700 1 Lynch, Thomas,|d1948-|tBodies in motion and in rest.
700 1 McPhee, John|q(John A.).|tDraft no. 4.
700 1 Monson, Ander,|d1975-|tFailure : another meditation,
another iteration (with interruptions)
700 1 Myles, Eileen.|tLive through that.
700 1 Nelson, Maggie,|d1973-|tExcerpt from the argonauts.
700 1 O'Gieblyn, Meghan,|d1982-|tHomeschool.
700 1 Oates, Joyce Carol,|d1938-|tA visit to San Quentin.
700 1 Pinckney, Darryl,|d1953-|tBusted in New York.
700 1 Purpura, Lia,|d1964-|tAgainst "gunmetal."
700 1 Russell, Karen,|d1981-|tBeeper world.
700 1 Sedaris, David.|tThis old house.
700 1 Sharlin, Shifra.|tDifferences : sex, separateness &
marriage.
700 1 Shields, David,|d1956-|tInformation sickness.
700 1 Skloot, Floyd.|tGray area : thinking with a damaged brain.
700 1 Solnit, Rebecca.|tCassandra among the creeps.
700 1 Thompson, Clifford.|tEric Garner and me.
700 1 Yang, Wesley.|tWe out of here.
700 12 Als, Hilton.|tI am the happiness of this world.
700 12 Baker, Nicholson.|tOne summer.
700 12 Beller, Thomas.|tPortrait of the bagel as a young man.
700 12 Birkerts, Sven.|tBrave face.
700 12 Biss, Eula.|tOn immunity.
700 12 Cappello, Mary.|tTactless.
700 12 Carson, Anne,|d1950-|tDecreation.
700 12 Castle, Terry.|tHome alone.
700 12 Chee, Alexander.|tGirl.
700 12 Cole, Teju.|tBlack body.
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