| The Best American Essays 2011 Contributor(s): Atwan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547479778 ISBN-13: 9780547479774 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Collections | Lgbt |
| Dewey: 814.008 |
| LCCN: 87640062 |
| Series: Best American Series (R) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Best American Series(R) First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the 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 2011 includes Hilton Als, Katy Butler, Toi Derricotte, Christopher Hitchens, Pico Iyer, Charlie LeDuff, Chang-Rae Lee, Lia Purpura, Zadie Smith, Reshma Memon Yaqub, and others |
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.Danticat, Edwidge: - Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous critically accalimed books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, and Brother, I'm Dying, winner of an NBCC award in Autobiography. |