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 Authors: Orlean, Susan, Atwan, Robert, Angell, Roger, Barrett, Andrea, Crenshaw, Paul, 1972-, Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-2017 May 27, Florey, Kitty Burns, Franzen, Jonathan, Frazier, Ian, Greif, Mark, 1975-, Hoagland, Edward, Kooser, Ted, Lethem, Jonathan, Levy, E. J. (Ellen J.), Martone, Michael, Masello, David, Ofri, Danielle, Pickering, Sam, 1941-, Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, Schine, Cathleen, Sedaris, David, Speck, Paula, States, Bert O., 1929-, Stone, Robert, 1937-2015, Ullman, Ellen, Wallace, David Foster, Welker, Holly
Other title:Brian E. Lebowitz Collection of 20th Century Jewish American Literature.
Format: Book
Language:English
Donor:Lebowitz copy gift of Brian E. Lebowitz.
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
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.