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Title:

The best American essays 2014 / edited and with an introduction by John Jeremiah Sullivan ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxviii, 233 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American essays--21st century.

Other Authors:

Sullivan, John Jeremiah, 1974- editor.
Aubry, Timothy Richard, 1975- Matter of life and death.
Brenner, Wendy. Strange beads.
Culver, John H., 1945- Final day in Rome.
Dombek, Kristin. Letter from Williamsburg.
Eggers, Dave. Man at the river.
Gordon, Emily Fox, 1948- At sixty-five.
Gordon, Mary, 1949- On enmity.
Gornick, Vivian. Letter from Greenwich Village.
Jackson, Lawrence, 1942- Slickheads.
Jamison, Leslie, 1983- Devil's bait.
Levy, Ariel, 1974- Thanksgiving in Mongolia.
Li, Yiyun, 1972- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life.
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- Sliver of sky.
Offutt, Chris, 1958- Someone else.
Smith, Zadie. Joy.
Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954- Little X.
Tower, Wells, 1973- The old man at Burning Man.
Walker, Jerald. How to make a slave.
West, Paul, 1930- On being introduced.
Wood, James, 1965- Becoming them.
Wormser, Baron. Legend : Willem de Kooning.

Notes:

"A Mariner original."

Contents:

Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser. Strange beads / Wendy Brenner -- The final day in Rome / John H. Culver -- Letter from Williamsburg / Kristin Dombek -- The man at the river / Dave Eggers -- At sixty-five / Emily Fox Gordon -- On enmity / Mary Gordon -- Letter from Greenwich Village / Vivian Gornick -- Slickheads / Lawrence Jackson -- The devil's bait / Leslie Jamison -- Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy -- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life / Yiyun Li -- Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez -- Someone else / Chris Offutt -- Joy / Zadie Smith -- Little X / Elizabeth Tallent -- The old man at Burning Man / Wells Tower -- How to make a slave / Jerald Walker -- On being introduced / Paul West -- Becoming them / James Wood -- Legend : Willem de Kooning / Baron Wormser.

Summary:

Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2013 which were originally published in American periodicals.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0544309901
9780544309906

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891768392

LCCN:

bl2014042978

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)