| The Best American Essays 2005 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Orlean, Susan (Author), Atwan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618357130 ISBN-13: 9780618357130 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Now in its 20th year, this "consistently refined and lively series" (Booklist) still highlights "the best that the form can be" (Philadelphia Inquirer). This year's collection highlights lively and provocative writing from Roger Angell, Andrea Barrett, David Sedaris, Holly Welker, and others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 814.008 |
| LCCN: 97072434 |
| Series: Best American Essays |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. The Best American Essays 2005 includes Roger Angell - Andrea Barrett - Jonathan Franzen - Ian Frazier - Edward Hoagland - Ted Kooser - Jonathan Lethem - Danielle Ofri - Oliver Sacks - Cathleen Schine - David Sedaris - Robert Stone - David Foster Wallace - and others Susan Orlean, guest editor, is the author of My Kind of Place, The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, and Saturday Night. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1982, she has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. |
Contributor Bio(s): Atwan, Robert: - ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide. |