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A true essay is "something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative; something ventured on the basis of the author's personal experience and subjectivity," writes guest editor Jonathan Franzen in his introduction. However, his main criterion for selecting The Best American Essays 2016 was, in a word, risk. Whether the risks involved championing an unpopular opinion, the possibility of ruining a professional career, or irrevocably offending family, for Franzen, "the writer has to be like the firefighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing the flames, is to run straight into them." The Best American Essays 2016 includes ALEXANDER CHEE, PAUL CRENSHAW, JAQUIRA DÍAZ, LAURA KIPNIS, AMITAVA KUMAR, SEBASTIAN JUNGER, JOYCE CAROL OATES, OLIVER SACKS, THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS and others JONATHAN FRANZEN, guest editor, is the author of five novels, most recently Purity, and five works of nonfiction and translation, including Farther Away and The Kraus Project. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Künste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. ROBERT ATWAN, the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986, has published on a wide variety of subjects, from American advertising and early photography to ancient divination and Shakespeare. His criticism, essays, humor, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous periodicals nationwide.

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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0544812107
ISBN-13
9780544812109
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Book Title
Best American Essays 2016
Author
Robert Atwan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Literary Collections, Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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5.5in
Item Weight
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2016
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Best American Ser.

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by paterson1946Mar 17, 2021
Wonderful collection of essays chosen by Jonathan Franzen
The Best American Essays of 2016 were chosen by Editor/Writer Jonathan Franzen, a favorite author of mine. I really like his essays, so I knew I would not be disappointed in his choices. I was actually inspired to re-read JF's How to be Alone and other essays in that book. This was a fine collection and I would recommend it highly. This is not stuffy reading.
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