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ISBN 10: 0525567321
ISBN 13: 978-0525567325
Author: Phillip Lopate
A dazzling anthology of essays by some of the best writers of the past quarter century—from Barry Lopez and Margo Jefferson to David Sedaris and Samantha Irby—selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate.
The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America’s best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves fantastic writing.
Hilton Als • Nicholson Baker • Thomas Beller • Sven Birkerts • Eula Biss • Mary Cappello • Anne Carson • Terry Castle • Alexander Chee • Teju Cole • Bernard Cooper • Sloane Crosley • Charles D’Ambrosio • Meghan Daum • Brian Doyle • Geoff Dyer • Lina Ferreira • Lynn Freed • Rivka Galchen • Ross Gay • Louise Glück • Emily Fox Gordon • Patricia Hampl • Aleksandar Hemon • Samantha Irby • Leslie Jamison • Margo Jefferson • Laura Kipnis • David Lazar • Yiyun Li • Phillip Lopate • Barry Lopez • Thomas Lynch • John McPhee • Ander Monson • Eileen Myles • Maggie Nelson • Meghan O’Gieblyn • Joyce Carol Oates • Darryl Pinckney • Lia Purpura • Karen Russell • David Sedaris • Shifra Sharlin • David Shields • Floyd Skloot • Rebecca Solnit • Clifford Thompson • Wesley Yang
The Contemporary American Essay 1st Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Hilton Als, I Am the Happiness of This World
- Nicholson Baker, One Summer
- Thomas Beller, Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man
- Sven Birkerts, Brave Face
- Eula Biss, Excerpt from On Immunity
- Mary Cappello, Tactless
- Anne Carson, Decreation: How Women Like Sappho, Marguerite Porete and Simone Weil Tell God
- Terry Castle, Home Alone
- Alexander Chee, Girl
- Teju Cole, Black Body
- Bernard Cooper, Greedy Sleep
- Sloane Crosley, The Doctor Is a Woman
- Charles D’Ambrosio, Loitering
- Meghan Daum, Matricide
- Brian Doyle, Joyas Voladoras
- Geoff Dyer, Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (with Particular Reference to Doughnut Plant Doughnuts)
- Lina Ferreira, CID–LAX–BOG
- Lynn Freed, Doing No Harm: Some Thoughts on Reading and Writing in the Age of Umbrage
- Rivka Galchen, The Case of the Angry Daughter
- Ross Gay, Scat
- Louise Glück, On Revenge
- Emily Fox Gordon, Faculty Wife
- Patricia Hampl, Other People’s Secrets
- Aleksander Hemon, The Aquarium
- Samantha Irby, The Terror of Love
- Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams
- Margo Jefferson, Negroland
- Laura Kipnis, Domestic Gulags
- David Lazar, Ann; Death and the Maiden
- Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
- Phillip Lopate, Experience Necessary
- Barry Lopez, The Invitation
- Thomas Lynch, Bodies in Motion and at Rest
- John McPhee, Draft No. 4
- Ander Monson, Failure: A Meditation, Another Iteration (with Interruptions)
- Eileen Myles, Live Through That?!
- Maggie Nelson, Excerpt from The Argonauts
- Meghan O’Gieblyn, Homeschool
- Joyce Carol Oates, A Visit to San Quentin
- Darryl Pinckney, Busted in New York
- Lia Purpura, Against “Gunmetal”
- Karen Russell, Beeper World
- David Sedaris, This Old House
- Shifra Sharlin, Differences: Sex, Separateness & Marriage
- David Shields, Information Sickness
- Floyd Skloot, Gray Area: Thinking with a Damaged Brain
- Rebecca Solnit, Cassandra Among the Creeps
- Clifford Thompson, Eric Garner and Me
- Wesley Yang, We Out Here
- Permissions
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