In her introduction to this year's The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states t...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning journalist and New Yorker staff...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexande...

A collection of the year's best essays selected by André Aciman, author of the worldwide bestsell...

The Pulitzer-Prize winning and Guggenheim-honored Hilton Als curates the best essays from hundred...

A collection of the year's best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit.'...

'Writing an essay is like catching a wave,' posits guest editor Ariel Levy. 'To catch a wave, you...

“A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind...

Selected and introduced by Cheryl Strayed, the New York Times best-selling author of Wild and the...

There is no better time to curl up in a comfortable chair and read than in wintertime. And winter...

'Jamison has done an exceptional job curating this volume, selecting essayists who are diverse in...

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