The Contemporary American Essay

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

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Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Introduction by Phillip Lopate

I Am the Happiness of This World by Hilton Als
One Summer by Nicholson Baker
Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man by Thomas Beller
"Brave Face" by Sven Birkerts
Excerpt from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss
Tactless by Mary Cappello
Decreation by Anne Carson
Home Alone by Terry Castle
Girl by Alexander Chee
Black Body by Teju Cole
Greedy Sleep by Bernard Cooper
The Doctor Is a Woman by Sloane Crosley
Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio
Matricide by Meghan Daum
Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (with particular reference to Doughnut Plant doughnuts) by Geoff Dyer
CID LAX BOG by Lina Ferreira
Doing No Harm: Some Thoughts on Reading and Writing in the Age of Umbrage by Lynn Freed
The Case of the Angry Daughter by Rivka Galchen
Scat by Ross Gay
On Revenge by Louise Glück
Faculty Wife by Emily Fox Gordon
Other People s Secrets by Patricia Hampl
The Aquarium by Aleksandar Hemon
The Terror of Love by Samantha Irby
The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
Negroland by Margo Jefferson
Domestic Gulags by Laura Kipnis
Ann: Death and the Maiden by David Lazar
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li
Experience Necessary by Phillip Lopate
The Invitation by Barry Lopez
Bodies in Motion and at Rest by Thomas Lynch
Draft No. 4 by John McPhee
"Failure: A Meditation, Another Iteration (With Interruptions)" by Anders Monson
Live Through That?! by Eileen Myles
Excerpt from The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Homeschool by Meghan O Gieblyn
A Visit to San Quentin by Joyce Carol Oates
Busted in New York by Darryl Pinckney
Against Gunmetal by Lia Purpura
Beeper World by Karen Russell
This Old House by David Sedaris
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