The best American essays 2017 / 
edited and with an introduction by Leslie Jamison ; Robert Atwan, series editor. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,  2017. 
 - xxvi, 302 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - The best American series. .
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/> "A Mariner original." 
<br/><br/> Two shallow graves / Jason Armet --  The weight of James Arthur Baldwin /  White horse /  The city that bleeds /  "We are ophans here" /  What comes before the big bang? /  Cost of living /  If I only had a leg /  Working the city /  Sparrow needy /  The book of the dead /  Last taboo /  Indigent disposition /  Dispatch from flyover country /  The reader is the protagonist /  H /  Haywire /  Travels in Pornland /  Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto /  Snakebit /  Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah --  Eliese Colette Goldbach --  Lawrence Jackson --  Rachel Kushner --  Alan Lightman --  Emily Maloney --  Greg Marshall --  Bernard Farai Matambo --  Kenneth A. McClane --  Catherine  Venable Moore --  Wesley Morris --  Christopher Notarnicola --  Meghan O'Gieblyn --  Karen Palmer --  Sarah Resnick --  Heather Sellers --  Andrea Stuart --  June Thunderstorm --  Alia Volz. 
<br/><br/> Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780544817333 0544817338 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American essays--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Essays.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS688.2  / .B47 2017