Preface.
Introduction and Prologue.
1. THE PERSONAL VOICE: IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, SELF-DISCOVERY.
Anwar F. Accawi, The Telephone"; Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent
Dancing"; Edwidge Danticat, "Westbury Court"; Yusef Komunyakaa,
"The Blue Machinery of Summer"; Chang-Rae Lee, "Magical Dinners";
Scott Russell Sanders, "The Inheritance of Tools"; Lauren Slater,
"Tripp Lake"; Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue"; Ryan Van Meter, "First";
Christy Vannoy, "A Personal Essay by a Personal Essay"; Jerald
Walker, "The Mechanics of Being"; Reshma Memon YaQub, "The
Washing"
2. THE ATTENTIVE MIND: OBSERVATION, REFLECTION, INSIGHT.
Sue Allison, "Taking a Reading"; Annie Dillard, "The Stunt Pilot";
Brian Doyle, "Joyas Voladoras"; Kitty Burns Florey, "Sister
Bernadette's Barking Dog"; Patricia Hampl, "The Dark Art of
Description"; Amy Leach, "You Be the Moon"; Ariel Levy, "The
Lesbian Bride's Handbook"; Alan Lightman, "The Accidental
Universe"; Joyce Carol Oates, "They All Just Went Away"; David
Sedaris, "This Old House"; Patricia Smith, "Pearl, Upward"; Gay
Talese, "Ali in Havana"
3. THE PUBLIC SPHERE: ADVOCACY, ARGUMENT, CONTROVERSY.
Alan M. Dershowitz, "Shouting 'Fire!'"; George Gessert, "An Orgy of
Power"; Garret Keizer, "Loaded"; Jamaica Kincaid, "On Seeing
England for the First Time"; Michael Lewis, "The Mansion: A
Subprime Parable"; Danielle Ofri, "Living Will"; Bridget Potter,
"Lucky Girl"; Peter Singer, "The Singer Solution to World Poverty";
Jill McCorkle, "Cuss Time"; John H. Summers, "Gettysburg Regress";
John Edgar Wideman, "Fatheralong"; Edward O. Wilson, "Apocalypse
Now"."
Since the inception of THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS in 1986 as a trade book title, Robert Atwan has been series editor. He has published reviews and essays in a range of periodicals and edited many other literature anthologies. Atwan most recently edited two collections of poetry with a biblical theme: CHAPTERS INTO VERSE by Oxford University Press and DIVINE INSPIRATION by Oxford University Press.
Preface. Introduction and Prologue. 1. THE PERSONAL VOICE: IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, SELF-DISCOVERY. Anwar F. Accawi, "The Telephone"; Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing"; Edwidge Danticat, "Westbury Court"; Yusef Komunyakaa, "The Blue Machinery of Summer"; Chang-Rae Lee, "Magical Dinners"; Scott Russell Sanders, "The Inheritance of Tools"; Lauren Slater, "Tripp Lake"; Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue"; Ryan Van Meter, "First"; Christy Vannoy, "A Personal Essay by a Personal Essay"; Jerald Walker, "The Mechanics of Being"; Reshma Memon YaQub, "The Washing" 2. THE ATTENTIVE MIND: OBSERVATION, REFLECTION, INSIGHT. Sue Allison, "Taking a Reading"; Annie Dillard, "The Stunt Pilot"; Brian Doyle, "Joyas Voladoras"; Kitty Burns Florey, "Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog"; Patricia Hampl, "The Dark Art of Description"; Amy Leach, "You Be the Moon"; Ariel Levy, "The Lesbian Bride's Handbook"; Alan Lightman, "The Accidental Universe"; Joyce Carol Oates, "They All Just Went Away"; David Sedaris, "This Old House"; Patricia Smith, "Pearl, Upward"; Gay Talese, "Ali in Havana" 3. THE PUBLIC SPHERE: ADVOCACY, ARGUMENT, CONTROVERSY. Alan M. Dershowitz, "Shouting 'Fire!'"; George Gessert, "An Orgy of Power"; Garret Keizer, "Loaded"; Jamaica Kincaid, "On Seeing England for the First Time"; Michael Lewis, "The Mansion: A Subprime Parable"; Danielle Ofri, "Living Will"; Bridget Potter, "Lucky Girl"; Peter Singer, "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"; Jill McCorkle, "Cuss Time"; John H. Summers, "Gettysburg Regress"; John Edgar Wideman, "Fatheralong"; Edward O. Wilson, "Apocalypse Now".
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