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Title:
The best American essays 2017
ISBN:
9780544817333
Physical Description:
xxvi, 302 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Two shallow graves / The weight of James Arthur Baldwin / White horse / The city that bleeds / "We are orphans here" / What came before the big bang? / Cost of living / If I only had a leg / Working the city / Sparrow needy / The book of the dead / Last taboo / Indigent disposition / Dispatch from flyover country / The reader is the protagonist / H. / Haywire / Travels in Pornland / Revenge of the mouthbreathers: a smoker's manifesto / Snakebit
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Summary:
Offers a selection of literary essays from the previous year which were originally published in American periodicals.
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