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. .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780547479774 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0888-3742 
 = The best American essays 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American essays--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS688.2  / .B47 2011