The best American essays 1994

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The best American essays 1994 / edited and with an introduction by Tracy Kidder ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Kidder, Tracy, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Atwan, Robert, (editor.).

Summary:

Compiles a selection of the best literary essays of the year 1993 which were originally published in American periodicals. Includes essays by Ted Conover, Andre Dubus III, Stanley Elkin, Louise Erdrich, Ian Frazier, Stephen Jay Gould, James A. McPherson, Cynthia Ozick, Paul Theroux, and John Updike.

Record details

ISBN: 0395692547
ISBN: 9780395692547
ISBN: 0395692539
ISBN: 9780395692530
Physical Description: xiv, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Copyright: ©1994

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: Foreword / Robert Atwan -- Introduction / Tracy Kidder -- Survival of the Fittest / Nicholson Baker -- Trucking Through the AIDS Belt / Ted Conover -- Does Homer have Legs? / David Denby -- Tracks and Ties / Andrew Dubus III -- Out of One's Tree / Stanley Elkin -- Skunk Dreams / Louise Erdrich -- The Frankest Interview Yet / Ian Frazier -- The Last Shot / Darcy Frey -- Death in Venice / Adam Gopnik -- Cordelia's Dilemma / Stephen Jay Gould -- Mirrorings / Lucy Grealy -- Can an Ape Tell a Joke? / Vicki Hearne -- Alien Soil / Jamaica Kincaid -- Escape from Moscow / Mark Kramer -- The Turn / William Langewiesche -- Ivy Day in the Empty Room / James A. McPherson -- Lots / S. Oso -- Rushdie in the Louvre / Cynthia Ozick -- Striptease / Lauren Slater -- Chatwin Revisited / Paul Theroux -- The Disposable Rocket / John Updike -- Biographical Notes -- Notable Essays of 1993.