The best American essays 2023 / Essays 2023. edited and with an introduction by Vivian Gornick ; Robert Atwan, series editor. - xxvii, 260 pages ; 21 cm. - Best American series . - Best American series. .

Continuations -- Cycle 1. Includes contributors' notes and list of other notable essays from 2023.

When we were boys / Any kind of leaving / Fat man and little boy / Bidders of the din / We were hungry / Ms. Daylily / The rough ride / Concision: a sprawl / Revelation at the food bank / Siri tells a joke / On aging / Gender: a melee / An archaeological inquest / A thousand gentle smotherings / A fist of muscle / Life and story / Eat prey love / Thirteen ways of listening to the rain / Dreamers awaken / Care credit / The Americas they left me / Contributors' notes -- Notable essays and literary nonfiction of 2022 -- Notable special issues of 2022. Ciara Alfaro -- Jillian Barnet -- Sylvie Baumgartel -- Eric Borsuk -- Chris Dennis -- Xujun Eberlein -- Sandra Hager Eliason -- George Estreich -- Merrill Joan Gerber -- Debra Gwartney -- Edward Hoagland -- Laura Kipnis -- Phillip Lopate -- Celeste Marcus -- Sam Meekings -- Sigrid Nunez -- Kathryn Schulz -- Robert Anthony Siegel -- Scott Spencer -- Angelique Stevens -- David Treuer --

Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.

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American essays--21st century.


Essays.

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