The best American essays, 2001 /
The best American essays, 2001 /
edited and with an introduction by Kathleen Norris ; Robert Atwan, series editor.
- Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
- xvi, 315 p. ; 21 cm.
In the memory mines / Diane Ackerman -- How to pray: reverence, stories, and the rebbe's dream / Ben Birnbaum -- The bone garden of desire / Charles Bowden -- Travels with R.L.S. / James Campbell -- Mail / Anne Fadiman -- The work of mourning / Francine du Plessix Gray -- Vin Laforge / Jeffrey Heiman -- Calliope times / Edward Hoagland -- India's American imports / Adam Hochschild -- Refugium / Barbara Hurd -- On impact / Stephen King -- Blue machinery of summer / Yusef Komunyakaa -- The midnight tour / Marcus Laffey -- Facing the village / Lemore Look -- Book marks / Rebecca McClanahan -- Trouble in the tribe / Daphne Merkin -- Provincetown / David Michaelis -- Brain-cell memories / Spencer Nadler -- Dust / Mary Oliver -- Dear Harper: a letter to a godchild / Reynolds Price -- The fineness of things / Tim Robinson -- Cut time / Carlo Rotella -- Exquisite corpse / Ashraf Rushdy -- The last word / Earl Shorris -- On being breathless / Bert O. States -- Upside down and backwards / William T. Vollmann.
0618049312 (pbk.)
American essays--21st century.
PS688.2 / .B47 2001
In the memory mines / Diane Ackerman -- How to pray: reverence, stories, and the rebbe's dream / Ben Birnbaum -- The bone garden of desire / Charles Bowden -- Travels with R.L.S. / James Campbell -- Mail / Anne Fadiman -- The work of mourning / Francine du Plessix Gray -- Vin Laforge / Jeffrey Heiman -- Calliope times / Edward Hoagland -- India's American imports / Adam Hochschild -- Refugium / Barbara Hurd -- On impact / Stephen King -- Blue machinery of summer / Yusef Komunyakaa -- The midnight tour / Marcus Laffey -- Facing the village / Lemore Look -- Book marks / Rebecca McClanahan -- Trouble in the tribe / Daphne Merkin -- Provincetown / David Michaelis -- Brain-cell memories / Spencer Nadler -- Dust / Mary Oliver -- Dear Harper: a letter to a godchild / Reynolds Price -- The fineness of things / Tim Robinson -- Cut time / Carlo Rotella -- Exquisite corpse / Ashraf Rushdy -- The last word / Earl Shorris -- On being breathless / Bert O. States -- Upside down and backwards / William T. Vollmann.
0618049312 (pbk.)
American essays--21st century.
PS688.2 / .B47 2001