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The best American essays. 2008 / edited and with an introduction by Adam Gopnik ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Best American seriesPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.Description: xxiii, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780618983315
  • 0618983317
  • 9780618983223 (pbk.)
  • 0618983228 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS689 .B47 2008
Contents:
Foreword / Robert Atwan -- Introduction / Adam Gopnik -- Cracking open / Patricia Brieschke -- Becoming Adolf / Rich Cohen -- The constant gardener / Bernard Cooper -- The way we age now / Atul Gawande -- Everybody's nickname / Albert Goldbarth -- On necklaces / Emily R. Grosholz -- Candid camera / Anthony Lane -- The ecstasy of influence / Jonathan Lethem -- The lesbian bride's handbook / Ariel Levy -- Salamanca / Jamal Mahjoub -- Notable quotables / Louis Menand -- Solipsism / Ander Monson -- On celestial music / Rick Moody -- Cricket fighting / Hugh Raffles -- This old house / David Sedaris -- Run like fire once more / Sam Shaw -- The renegade / Charles Simic -- Tripp Lake / Lauren Slater -- Extreme dinosaurs / John Updike -- Where God is glad / Joe Wenderoth -- Buzzards / Lee Zacharias -- Contributors notes -- Notable essays of 2007.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Speedway Adult Area Non-fiction 814.6 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431037152
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Foreword / Robert Atwan -- Introduction / Adam Gopnik -- Cracking open / Patricia Brieschke -- Becoming Adolf / Rich Cohen -- The constant gardener / Bernard Cooper -- The way we age now / Atul Gawande -- Everybody's nickname / Albert Goldbarth -- On necklaces / Emily R. Grosholz -- Candid camera / Anthony Lane -- The ecstasy of influence / Jonathan Lethem -- The lesbian bride's handbook / Ariel Levy -- Salamanca / Jamal Mahjoub -- Notable quotables / Louis Menand -- Solipsism / Ander Monson -- On celestial music / Rick Moody -- Cricket fighting / Hugh Raffles -- This old house / David Sedaris -- Run like fire once more / Sam Shaw -- The renegade / Charles Simic -- Tripp Lake / Lauren Slater -- Extreme dinosaurs / John Updike -- Where God is glad / Joe Wenderoth -- Buzzards / Lee Zacharias -- Contributors notes -- Notable essays of 2007.

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