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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Boston
A collection of the year's best essays culled from periodicals. Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- GUEST EDITORS OF THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Of Topics -- Introduction by David Brooks --...
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A collection of the year's best essays culled from periodicals. Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- GUEST EDITORS OF THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Of Topics -- Introduction by David Brooks -- BENJAMIN ANASTAS. The Foul Reign of "Self-Reliance" -- MARCIA ANGELL. The Crazy State of Psychiatry -- MIAH ARNOLD. You Owe Me -- 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 -- LAUREN SLATER. Killing My Body to Save My Mind -- JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS. Outlaw -- WESLEY YANG. Paper Tigers -- Back Matter -- Contributors' Notes -- Notable Essays of 2011 -- Notable Special Issues of 2011 -- Back Cover -- Spine.
