Foreword. Introduction. Comforting myths / Rabih Alameddine ; We are not the resistance / Michelle Alexander ; Obituary for dead languages / Heather Altfeld ; Come heat and high water / Mario Alejandro Ariza ; Getting it twisted / Jabari Asim ; The autobiography of my novel / Alexander Chee ; Is all writing environmental writing / Camille T. Dungy ; Stories of a life / Masha Gessen ; My father says he's a "targeted individual." Maybe we all are / Jean Guerrero
Summary
"A collection of the year's best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit."-- Publisher's description.