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The Best American Essays 2012
About this book
Nonfiction from Malcolm Gladwell, Francine Prose, Jonathan Franzen, and more: "There is not a dud in the bunch. [An] exhilarating collection." —
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Whether a personal reflection on a wife's decline from Alzheimer's, a critique of the overdiagnosis of mood disorders, a lighthearted look at menopause, a friend's commentary on David Foster Wallace's heartbreaking suicide, or a memoir of teaching underprivileged children, this collection highlights the best essays of the year with contributions from:
Benjamin Anastas • Marcia Angell • Miah Arnold • Geoffrey Bent • Robert Boyers • Dudley Clendinen • Paul Collins • Mark Doty • Mark Edmundson • Joseph Epstein • Jonathan Franzen • Malcolm Gladwell • Peter Hessler • Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough • Garret Keizer • David J. Lawless • Alan Lightman • Sandra Tsing Loh • Ken Murray • Francine Prose • Richard Sennett • Lauren Slater • Jose Antonio Vargas • Wesley Yang
"A trove of fine writing on big issues." — Kirkus Reviews
Whether a personal reflection on a wife's decline from Alzheimer's, a critique of the overdiagnosis of mood disorders, a lighthearted look at menopause, a friend's commentary on David Foster Wallace's heartbreaking suicide, or a memoir of teaching underprivileged children, this collection highlights the best essays of the year with contributions from:
Benjamin Anastas • Marcia Angell • Miah Arnold • Geoffrey Bent • Robert Boyers • Dudley Clendinen • Paul Collins • Mark Doty • Mark Edmundson • Joseph Epstein • Jonathan Franzen • Malcolm Gladwell • Peter Hessler • Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough • Garret Keizer • David J. Lawless • Alan Lightman • Sandra Tsing Loh • Ken Murray • Francine Prose • Richard Sennett • Lauren Slater • Jose Antonio Vargas • Wesley Yang
"A trove of fine writing on big issues." — Kirkus Reviews
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword: Of Topics
- Introduction
- BENJAMIN ANASTAS: The Foul Reign of “Self-Reliance”
- MARCIA ANGELL: The Crazy State of Psychiatry
- MIAH ARNOLD: Chapter
- GEOFFREY BENT: Edward Hopper and the Geometry of Despair
- ROBERT BOYERS: A Beauty
- DUDLEY CLENDINEN: The Good Short Life
- PAUL COLLINS: Vanishing Act
- MARK DOTY: Insatiable
- MARK EDMUNDSON: Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?
- JOSEPH EPSTEIN: Duh, Bor-ing
- JONATHAN FRANZEN: Farther Away
- MALCOLM GLADWELL: Creation Myth
- PETER HESSLER: Dr. Don
- EWA HRYNIEWICZ-YARBROUGH: Objects of Affection
- GARRET KEIZER: Getting Schooled
- DAVID J. LAWLESS: My Father/My Husband
- ALAN LIGHTMAN: The Accidental Universe
- SANDRA TSING LOH: The Bitch Is Back
- KEN MURRAY: How Doctors Die
- FRANCINE PROSE: Other Women
- RICHARD SENNETT: Humanism 1
- LAUREN SLATER: Killing My Body to Save My Mind
- JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS: Outlaw
- WESLEY YANG: Paper Tigers
- Contributors’ Notes
- Notable Essays of 2011
- Notable Special Issues of 2011
- About the Editors