The Best American Spiritual Writing

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
The latest addition to the esteemed Best American series is a collection of the best spiritual writing of the year, introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Miles and including both prose and poetry. Series editor Philip Zaleski has chosen the volume's pieces with an eye to spirituality's many guises, from its impact on personal relationships and the environment to politics, creativity, and literature. Christian, Muslim, Jewish, secular, and pan-Hindu perspectives are all represented in these pieces, which have been selected from both mainstream and more specialized periodicals.

Author: Philip Zaleski
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/14/2004
Pages: 275
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.52w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780618443031

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/27/2004 pg. 56
Booklist 10/01/2004 pg. 299
Commonweal 11/05/2004 pg. 56
Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 120
Library Journal 01/01/2005