The best American essays 2006 / 
edited and with an introduction by Lauren Slater ; Robert Atwan, series editor. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  c2006. 
 - xxii, 277 p. ;  21 cm. 
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/>Foreword / by Robert Atwan -- Introduction / by Lauren Slater -- 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 -- The 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 mood / Michele Morano -- Lost dog / Susan Orlean -- George / Sam Pickering -- Shame / Robert Polito -- Illness as more than metaphor / David Rieff -- Recalled to life / David Sacks -- Confessions of a left-handed man / Peter Selgin -- Why write? / Alan Shapiro -- Group grief / Lily Tuck -- Missing Bellow / Scott Turow -- A matter of life and death / Marjorie Williams. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618705295 (pbk.) : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American essays--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS688.2  / .B47 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.0427