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The best American essays 2022 / edited and with an introduction by Alexander Chee ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York ; Boston : Mariner Books, [2022]; ©2022.Edition: First editionDescription: xxv, 306 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780358658870 (pbk.)
  • 035865887X (pbk.)
Contained works:
  • Blanchfield, Brian, 1973- Abasement
  • Washuta, Elissa. Drinking story
  • Gwartney, Debra. Fire and ice
  • Vara, Vauhini, 1982- Ghosts
  • Febos, Melissa. Wild, sublime body
  • So, Anthony Veasna, 1992-2020. Baby yeah
  • Chae, Jung Hae. Gye, the no-name hair salon, the coup d'État, and the small dreamers
  • Torres, Justin, 1980- It had to be gold
  • Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria. Futurity
  • Jackson, Naomi A. Her kind
  • Stevens, Angelique. Ghost bread
  • Mounzer, Lina. Gamble
  • Brown, Jason, 1969- Wrong Jason Brown
  • Laguatan, Tanner Akoni. Between these lives, Azeroth
  • Gimpelevich, Calvin, 1989- Among men
  • Chu, Andrea Long. China brain
  • Greenidge, Kaitlyn. What she would always and should always be doing
  • Shteyngart, Gary, 1972- My gentile region
  • Quintero, Jesus (Author) Anatomy of a botched assimilation
  • Rodriques, Elias. Mother country
  • Lescure, Abue Rey. At the bend of the road
  • Simpson, Erika J. If you ever find yourself
  • Bradley, Ryan (Freelance writer). Lost list
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 814/.608 23/eng/20221007
Contents:
Abasement / Brian Blanchfield -- Drinking story / Elissa Washuta -- Fire and ice / Debra Gwartney -- Ghosts / Vauhini Vara -- The wild, sublime body / Melissa Febos -- Baby yeah / Anthony Veasna So -- The Gye, the no-name hair salon, the coup d'État, and the small dreamers / Jung Hae Chae -- It had to be gold / Justin Torress -- Futurity / Alex Marzano-Lesnevich -- Her kind / Naomi A. Jackson -- Ghost bread / Angelique Stevens -- The gamble / Lina Mounzer -- The wrong Jason Brown / Jason Brown -- Between these lives, Azeroth / Tanner Akoni Laguatan -- Among men / Calvin Gimpelevich -- China brain / Andrea Long Chu -- What she would always and should always be doing / Kaitlyn Greenidge -- My gentile region / Gary Shteyngart -- Anatomy of a botched assimilation / Jesus Quintero -- Mother country / Elias Rodriques -- At the bend of the road / Aube Rey Lescure -- If you ever find yourself / Erica J. Simpson -- The lost list / Ryan Bradley -- Contributor's notes -- Notable essays and literary nonfiction of 2021 -- Notable special issues of 2021.
Summary: This work presents twenty-three "essays brimming with insight and emotional truth. From a writer turning to an AI language enerator to write about her sister's death, to a son grappling with the memory of his abusive mother, to a pilgrim walking in the shadow of a missing woman, these selections interrogate the past and illuminate the present." --back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS688.2 .B47 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001533198

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-306).

Abasement / Brian Blanchfield -- Drinking story / Elissa Washuta -- Fire and ice / Debra Gwartney -- Ghosts / Vauhini Vara -- The wild, sublime body / Melissa Febos -- Baby yeah / Anthony Veasna So -- The Gye, the no-name hair salon, the coup d'État, and the small dreamers / Jung Hae Chae -- It had to be gold / Justin Torress -- Futurity / Alex Marzano-Lesnevich -- Her kind / Naomi A. Jackson -- Ghost bread / Angelique Stevens -- The gamble / Lina Mounzer -- The wrong Jason Brown / Jason Brown -- Between these lives, Azeroth / Tanner Akoni Laguatan -- Among men / Calvin Gimpelevich -- China brain / Andrea Long Chu -- What she would always and should always be doing / Kaitlyn Greenidge -- My gentile region / Gary Shteyngart -- Anatomy of a botched assimilation / Jesus Quintero -- Mother country / Elias Rodriques -- At the bend of the road / Aube Rey Lescure -- If you ever find yourself / Erica J. Simpson -- The lost list / Ryan Bradley -- Contributor's notes -- Notable essays and literary nonfiction of 2021 -- Notable special issues of 2021.

This work presents twenty-three "essays brimming with insight and emotional truth. From a writer turning to an AI language enerator to write about her sister's death, to a son grappling with the memory of his abusive mother, to a pilgrim walking in the shadow of a missing woman, these selections interrogate the past and illuminate the present." --back cover.

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