{"product_id":"the-best-american-essays-2015-9780544569621","title":"The Best American Essays 2015","description":"\"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 audacity.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays 2015\u003c\/em\u003e includes \u003cbr\u003e Hilton Als, Roger Angell, Justin Cronin, Meghan Daum, Anthony Doerr, Margo Jefferson, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit \u003cem\u003eand others\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARIEL LEVY, \u003c\/strong\u003e guest editor, has been a staff writer at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e since 2008. She received the National Magazine Award for essays and criticism for her piece \"Thanksgiving in Mongolia,\" which she is expanding into a book for Random House. \u003cem\u003eFemale Chauvinist Pigs, \u003c\/em\u003e Levy's first book, has been translated into seven languages. She teaches at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and at Wesleyan University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROBERT ATWAN, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe series editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Atwan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544569621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARIEL LEVY is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of the feminist classic \u003ci\u003eFemale Chauvinist Pigs.\u003c\/i\u003e Her piece \"Thanksgiving in Mongolia\" won the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e since its inception in 1986.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43232762364019,"sku":"9.78054E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_971d73e6-ae61-4811-bc4f-f4deb951bee9.jpg?v=1754051010","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-best-american-essays-2015-9780544569621","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}