The Best American Essays 2011 Author:Edwidge Danticat (Editor), Robert Atwan (Editor) 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 ... more »system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
The Best American Essays 2011 includes:
Buddy Ebsen / Hilton Als
Port-au-Prince : the moment / Mischa Berlinski
What broke my father's heart / Katy Butler
Auscultation / Steven Church
After the ice / Paul Crenshaw
Beds / Toi Derricotte
Grieving / Meenakshi Gigi Durham
A-LOC / Bernadette Esposito
Topic of cancer / Christopher Hitchens
Chapels / Pico Iyer
Long distance / Victor LaValle
What killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? / Charlie LeDuff
Magical dinners / Chang-Rae Lee
What really happened / Madge McKeithen
Rude am I in my speech / Caryl Phillips
Lucky girl / Bridget Potter
There are things awry here / Lia Purpura
Patient / Rachel Riederer
Pearl, upward / Patricia Smith
Generation why? / Zadie Smith
Travels with my ex / Susan Straight
A personal essay by a personal essay / Christy Vannoy