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Title:

The best American essays 2016 / edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Franzen ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxi, 327 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American essays--21st century.
Essays.

Other Authors:

Franzen, Jonathan, editor.
Cantú, Francisco. Bajadas.
Chee, Alexander. Girl.
Comey, Charles. Against honeymoons.
Crenshaw, Paul, 1972- Names.
Di̹az, Jaquira. Ordinary girls.
Dumitrescu, Irina. My father and the wine.
Harrison, Ela. My heart lies between "The Fleet" and "All the Ships."
Junger, Sebastian. Bonds of battle.
Kipnis, Laura. Sexual paranoia.
Kisner, Jordan. Thin places.

Notes:

"A Mariner original."

Contents:

Black and blue and blond / Girl / Thomas Chatterton Williams. Against honeymoons / Charles Comey -- Names / Paul Crenshaw -- Ordinary girls / Jaquira Díaz -- My father and the wine / Irina Dumitrescu -- My heart lies between "the fleet" and "all the ships" / Ela Harrison -- The bonds of battle / Sebastian Junger -- Sexual paranoia / Laura Kipnis -- Thin places / Jordan Kisner -- Pyre / Amitava Kumar -- Of human carnage / Richard M. Lange -- Bastards / Lee Martin -- Family tradition / Lisa Nikolidakis -- The lost sister : an elegy / Joyce Carol Oates -- Right/left : a triptych / Marsha Pomerantz -- Big night / Jill Sisson Quinn -- Killing like they do in the movies / Justin Phillip Reed -- A general feeling of disorder / Oliver Sacks -- In praise of contempt / Katherine E. Standefer -- The eleventh commandment / George Steiner -- Namesake / Mason Stokes -- Black and blue and blond / Thomas Chatterton Williams.

Series:

The best American series.

ISBN:

0544812107
9780544812109

Locations:

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)