Lively, eclectic and surprising. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, author of theenormously popularyoung adult series A Series of Unfortunate Events, takes over as editor for this volume. He will work with the students of 826 Valencia and 826 Michigan writing labs to compile newfiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and other category-defying gems, ensuring that if you need to fall in love with reading again or just want a reminder that high school students deserve a lot more than their reading lists give them then this is the book for...
Lively, eclectic and surprising. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, author of theenormously populary...
Excellent . . .A no-brainer pickup for the sports collection. "Booklist"
An affirmation of the strong state of American sportswriting. "Kirkus Reviews"
From more than 350 national, regional, and specialty publications and, increasingly, the top sports blogs, Christopher McDougall, best-selling author of "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, "hand-selected the very best sports journalism of the past year."
Excellent . . .A no-brainer pickup for the sports collection. "Booklist"
An affirmation of the strong state of American sportswriting. "Kirkus...
"A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating." -- Publishers Weekly
The Best American Essays 2014 is selected and introduced by John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of the critically acclaimed essay collection Pulphead. The New York Times placed Sullivan "among the best young nonfiction writers in English" and the New York Times Book Review heralded Pulphead as "the best, and most...
"A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a...
"Travel connoisseurs divide the world into those places they've been dying to visit or revisit and places they'd never set foot in but are glad someone else did. This year's volume of travel writing . . . focuses mostly on the latter with derring-do dispatches." -- USA Today
A far-ranging collection of the best travel writing pieces published in 2013, collected by guest editor Paul Theroux. The Best American Travel Writing consistently includes a wide variety of pieces, illuminating the wonder, humor, fear, and exhilaration that greets all of us when we embark on...
"Travel connoisseurs divide the world into those places they've been dying to visit or revisit and places they'd never set foot in but are glad ...
The next edition in a series praised as undeniably exquisite (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth Kolbert on New Zealand s unconventional conservation strategies, this is a group that celebrates the growing diversity in science and nature writing alike. Altogether, the writers honored in this year s volume challenge us to consider the strains facing our planet and its many species,...
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The next edition in a series praised as undeniably exquisite (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and...
For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writinghas built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the years, takes his turn at the helm by curating this exceptional collection. The only shared trait among these diverse pieces is the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, but collectively they tap into the pure passion that can only come from sports. And for all aspiring sports writers, says...
For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writinghas built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past ye...
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that s the case, I ve got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later. Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories2015features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will...
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that s the case, I ve got on...
Writing an essay is like catching a wave, posits guest editor Ariel Levy. To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water. This year s writers are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted a wide range of pieces awash in a diversity of moods, voices, and stances. Leaving an abusive marriage, parting with a younger self, losing your sanity to Fitbit, and even saying goodbye to a beloved pair of pants imbued with meaning are all unified by the daring of their creation. As Levy notes, Writing around an idea you think is worthwhile an idea you suspect is an insight requires real...
Writing an essay is like catching a wave, posits guest editor Ariel Levy. To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water. This year ...
In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is "the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time and place, giving meaning to his or her travels." The stories in The Best American Travel Writing 2015 demonstrate just that spirit, whether it is the story of a marine returning to Iraq a decade after his deployment, a writer retracing the footsteps of humanity as it spread from Africa throughout the world, or looking for love on a physics-themed cruise down the Rhone River. No matter what the subject, the writers featured in this...
In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is "the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time...
In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the belovedBest American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.
Boyle s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his suddenfreedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will...
In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the belovedBest American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, The Model T gave w...
