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The best American essays, 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Lauren Slater; Robert Atwan, series editor.
Series: The best American seriesPublication details: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.Description: xxii, 277 p.; 24 cmISBN:- 0618705295 (pbk.)
- 0618705317 (hbk.)
- PS 688 .B47 2006
Contents:
Contents: Kinsey and me / Laurie Abraham -- 501 minutes to Christ / Poe Ballantine -- Teaching the N-Word / Emily Bernard -- City out of breath / Ken Chen -- Beginning dialogues / Toi Derricotte -- Culture of celebrity / Joseph Epstein -- Whistling in the dark / Eugene Goodheart -- Death of a fish / Adam Gopnik -- Relief / Kim Dana Kupperman -- Grammar Lessons: The subjunctive / Michele Morano -- Lost dog / Susan Orlean -- George / Sam Pickering -- Shame / Robert Polito -- Illness as more than metaphor / David Rieff -- Recalled to life / Oliver Sacks -- Confessions of a left-handed man / Peter Selgin -- Why write? / Alan Shapiro -- Group grief / Lily Tuck -- Missing Bellow / Scott Turow -- Matter of life and death / Marjorie Williams.
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Contents: Kinsey and me / Laurie Abraham -- 501 minutes to Christ / Poe Ballantine -- Teaching the N-Word / Emily Bernard -- City out of breath / Ken Chen -- Beginning dialogues / Toi Derricotte -- Culture of celebrity / Joseph Epstein -- Whistling in the dark / Eugene Goodheart -- Death of a fish / Adam Gopnik -- Relief / Kim Dana Kupperman -- Grammar Lessons: The subjunctive / Michele Morano -- Lost dog / Susan Orlean -- George / Sam Pickering -- Shame / Robert Polito -- Illness as more than metaphor / David Rieff -- Recalled to life / Oliver Sacks -- Confessions of a left-handed man / Peter Selgin -- Why write? / Alan Shapiro -- Group grief / Lily Tuck -- Missing Bellow / Scott Turow -- Matter of life and death / Marjorie Williams.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.
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