The best American essays 2016 / / edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Franzen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809966903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; New York, New York : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-544-81217-4
• Edizione: [First Mariner Books edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Collana: Best American Series, , 1530-1508
• Disciplina: 814.6
• Soggetti: American essays - 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Front Matter; Half Title; Guest Editors of The Best American Essays; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; FRANCISCO CANTU: Bajadas; 20 December; 3 January; 24 February; 2 April; 4 April; 7 April; 9 April; 7 June; 23 June; 27 July; 30 July; 4 August; 7 August; 29 August; 30 August; 12 September; 30 September; 13 October; 25 December; 30 December; ALEXANDER CHEE: Girl; Hair; My Country; Angels; Girl; Real; CHARLES COMEY: Against Honeymoons; PAUL CRENSHAW: Names; JAQUIRA DIAZ: Ordinary Girls; IRINA DUMITRESCU: My Father and The Wine; ELA HARRISON: My Heart Lies Between ""The Fleet"" and ""All the Ships""SEBASTIAN JUNGER: The Bonds of Battle; Shell Shock; Soldier's Creed; Hero's Welcome; A Bright Shining Lie; LAURA KIPNIS: Sexual Paranoia; JORDAN KISNER: Thin Places; AMITAVA KUMAR: Pyre; RICHARD M. LANGE: Of Human Carnage; LEE MARTIN: Bastards; LISA NIKOLIDAKIS: Family Tradition; JOYCE CAROL OATES: The Lost Sister: An Elegy; 1.; 2.; 3.; MARSHA POMERANTZ: Right/Left: A Triptych; 1. Share/Split; 2. Milk/Meat; 3. Undo/Redo; JILL SISSON QUINN: Big Night; JUSTIN PHILLIP REED: Killing Like They Do in the Movies; 1. Digging Beneath My Uncle's Feet2. We Live on Elm Street; 3. Everybody Knows Your Name; 4. Who Kills Casey Becker; 5. My Other Education; 6. The Punch Line; 7. She Is (Beside) Herself; 8. Spectacle/Sport; 9. Unmaking the Monster; 10. Grace and Mercy; ; OLIVER SACKS: A General Feeling of Disorder; 1.; 2.; Epilogue; Notes; KATHERINE E. STANDEFER: In Praise of Contempt; GEORGE STEINER: The Eleventh Commandment; MASON STOKES: Namesake; THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS: Black and Blue and Blond; Back Matter; Contributors' Notes; Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2015; The Best American Series; Back CoverSpine
• Sommario/riassunto: The award-winning and best-selling Jonathan Franzen picks the best essays from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites.