The best American essays 2005 / edited and with an introduction by Susan Orlean ; Robert Atwan, series editor.
Presents a collection of twenty-five essays originally published in various periodicals by a number of noted writers including Roger Angell, Andrea Barrett, Jonathan Franzen, and others.
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Other title: | Brian E. Lebowitz Collection of 20th Century Jewish American Literature. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Donor: | Lebowitz copy gift of Brian E. Lebowitz. |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2005.
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Series: | Best American series.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Robert Atwan
- Introduction / Susan Orlean
- La vie en rose / Roger Angell
- The sea of information / Andrea Barrett
- Storm country / Paul Crenshaw
- Joyas voladoras / Brian Doyle
- Sister Bernadette's barking dog / Kitty Burns Florey
- The comfort zone / Jonathan Franzen
- If memory doesn't serve / Ian Frazier
- Against exercise / Mark Greif
- Small silences / Edward Hoagland
- Small rooms in time / Ted Kooser
- Speak, Hoyt-Schermerhorn / Jonathan Lethem
- Mastering the art of French cooking / E.J. Levy
- Contributor's note / Michael Martone
- My friend Lodovico / David Masello
- Living will / Danielle Ofri
- Dog days / Sam Pickering
- Speed / Oliver Sacks
- Dog trouble / Cathleen Schine
- Old faithful / David Sedaris
- Six seconds / Paula Speck
- Skill display in birding groups / Bert O. States
- The prince of possibility / Robert Stone
- Dining with robots / Ellen Ullman
- Consider the lobster / David Foster Wallace
- Satin worship / Holly Welker.