The best American essays 2009

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The best American essays 2009 / edited and with an introduction by Mary Oliver ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019 (Editor). Atwan, Robert. (Editor). Allison, Sue. Taking a reading. (Added Author). Arthur, C. J. (Christopher John), 1955- (En)trance 3. (Added Author). Berger, John. Portrait of a masked man. (Added Author). Berry, Wendell, 1934- Faustian economics. (Added Author). Doyle, Brian, 1956-1956 November 6-2017 May 27. Greatest nature essay ever. (Added Author). Duncan, David James. Cherish this ecstasy. (Added Author). Hampl, Patricia, 1946- Dark art of description. (Added Author). Keizer, Garret. And such small deer. (Added Author). Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Our vanishing night. (Added Author). Leach, Amy, 1975- You be the moon. (Added Author). Lewis, Michael (Michael M.). Mansion : a subprime parable. (Added Author). Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- Madre de Dios. (Added Author). Markus, James. Faint music. (Added Author). McCorkle, Jill, 1958- Guss time. (Added Author). Miles, Kathryn, 1974- Dog is our copilot. (Added Author). Orr, Gregory. Return to Hayneville. (Added Author). Ozick, Cynthia. Ghost writers. (Added Author). Rodriguez, Richard, 1944- God of the desert. (Added Author). Smith, Janna Malamud. Shipwrecked. (Added Author). Updike, John. Writer in winter. (Added Author). Van Meter, Ryan, 1975- First. (Added Author). Walker, Jerald. Mechanics of being. (Added Author).

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Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2008 which were originally published in American periodicals.

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ISBN: 9780618982721
ISBN: 0618982728
Physical Description: xvii, 202 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books : ©2009.

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Formatted Contents Note:: Foreword / Robert Arwan -- Introduction / Mary Oliver -- Taking a reading / Sue Allen -- (En)trance / Chris Arthur -- Portrait of a masked man / John Berger -- Faustian economics / Wendell Berry -- The greatest nature essay ever / Brian Doyle -- Cherish this ecstasy / David James Duncan -- The dark art of description / Patricia Hampl -- And such small deer / Garret Keizer -- Our vanishing night / Verlyn Klinkenborg -- You be the moon / Amy Leach -- The mansion : a subprime parable / Michael Lewis -- Madre de Dios / Barry Lopez -- Faint music / James Marcus -- Cuss time / Jill McCorkle -- Dog is our copilot / Kathryn Miles -- Return to Hayneville / Gregory Orr -- Ghost writers / Cynthia Ozick -- The god of the desert / Richard Rodriguez -- Shipwrecked / Janna Malamud Smith -- The writer in winter / John Updike -- First / Ryan Van Meter -- The mechanics of being / Jerald Walker.

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