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Title:

The best American essays 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Lauren Slater ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxii, 277 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American essays--21st century.

Other Authors:

Slater, Lauren.
Atwan, Robert.

Contents:

Introduction / Marjorie Williams. Introduction / by Lauren Slater -- A matter of life and death / Laurie Abraham -- 501 minutes to Christ / Poe Ballantine -- Teaching the N-word / Emily Bernard -- City out of breath / Ken Chen -- Beginning dialogues / Toi Derricotte -- The culture of celebrity / Joseph Epstein -- Whistling in the dark / Eugene Goodheart -- Death of a fish / Adam Gopnik -- Relief / Kim Dana Kupperman -- Grammar lessons: the subjunctive / Michele Morano -- Lost dog / Susan Orlean -- George / Sam Pickering -- Shame / Robert Polito -- Illness as more than metaphor / David Rieff -- Recalled to life / David Sacks -- Confessions of a left-handed man / Peter Selgin -- Why write? / Alan Shapiro -- Group grief / Lily Tuck -- Missing Bellow / Scott Turow -- A matter of life and death / Marjorie Williams.

Series:

Best American series.

ISBN:

9780618705290 (pbk.) :
0618705295 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)74450071

Locations:

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)