TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chee,Alexander
AU  - Blanchfield,Brian
AU  - Washuta,Elissa
AU  - Gwartney,Debra
AU  - Vara,Vauhini
AU  - Febos,Melissa
AU  - So,Anthony Veasna
AU  - Chae,Jung Hae
AU  - Torres,Justin
AU  - Marzano-Lesnevich,Alexandria
AU  - Jackson,Naomi A.
AU  - Stevens,Angelique
AU  - Mounzer,Lina
AU  - Brown,Jason
AU  - Laguatan,Tanner Akoni
AU  - Gimpelevich,Calvin
AU  - Chu,Andrea Long
AU  - Greenidge,Kaitlyn
AU  - Shteyngart,Gary
AU  - Quintero,Jesus
AU  - Rodriques,Elias
AU  - Lescure,Abue Rey
AU  - Simpson,Erika J.
AU  - Bradley,Ryan
AU  - Atwan,Robert
TI  - The best American essays 2022
SN  - 9780358658870 (pbk.)
U1  - 814/.608 23/eng/20221007
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, Boston
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - American essays
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Essays
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -