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Overview

Edited by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I Am Dying, this classic collection of essays showcases the year's best.

Editorial Reviews

From Barnes & Noble

Now in its 26th incarnation, The Best American Essays series has boasted guest editors including Christopher Hitchens, Kathleen Norris, Stephen Jay Gould, and David Foster Wallace. To that elite roster, we can now add the name of this year's editor, Edwidge Danticat, best known for her Brother, I'm Dying and Creating Dangerously. A foolproof gift; editor's recommendation.

Library Journal

In this year's entry in the 25-year-old series, first-time editor Danticat (Brother, I'm Dying) insists that essayists, "a bit more vulnerable these days," must "push beyond certain boundaries, to be less formulaic and stereotypical." She makes good on her assertion and populates the collection with pieces more lyrical than explanatory, like Hilton Als's "Buddy Ebsen" and Lia Purpura's "There Are Things Awry Here." Don't be scared off: there are plenty more conventional—and admittedly more engaging—pieces to read. Charlie LeDuff's "What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?" and Zadie Smith's "Generation Why?" provide good, old-fashioned reportage and analysis. Katy Butler's "What Broke My Father's Heart," Toi Derricotte's "Beds," Victor La Valle's "Long Distance," and Jerald Walker's "Unprepared" are stellar examples of personal narrative. Christy Vannoy's "A Personal Essay by a Personal Essay" pokes fun at the whole enterprise. An enjoyable read with a few hiccups, this title offers a solid survey of the state of the essay genre today.—Molly McArdle, Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780547479774
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 35,787
Series: Best American Essays Series
Product dimensions: 5.48 (w) x 8.36 (h) x 0.72 (d)

Meet the Author

Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous critically accalimed books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, and Brother, I'm Dying, winner of an NBCC award in Autobiography.

ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide