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The best American essays 2011 / edited with an introduction by Edwidge Danticat ; Robert Atwan, series editor. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2011. - xx, 242 p.; 21 cm. - Best American series. . - Best American series. .

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 -- Unprepared / Jerald Walker -- The washing / Reshma Memon Yaqub.

ISBN: 9780547479774

ISSN: 0888-3742 = The best American essays

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American essays--21st century.

LC Class. No.: PS688.2 / .B47 2011