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ISBN 10: 0544569628 ISBN 13: 9780544569621

Casa editrice: Time Warner, 2015

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“This eclectic, powerful array of thought-provoking essays is sure to appeal to a broad array of readers.” —Publishers Weekly

New Yorker magazine staff writer and award-winning essayist Ariel Levy brings her wide-ranging taste and unforgettable voice toThe Best American Essays 2015. Selecting from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, Levy will “discover this year’s finest essays, diverse in subject matter, each one surprising and elegant” (Shelf Awareness for Readers).

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BAE 2013: "Vibrant . . . Engrossing . . . Strayed does this sterling series proud." -- Booklist BAE 2012: "A trove of fine writing on big issues." —Kirkus   BAE 2011: "The brave voices behind these experiences keep the pages turning." —Kirkus

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“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.”
 
The Best American Essays 2015 includes
Hilton Als, Roger Angell, Justin Cronin, Meghan Daum, Anthony Doerr, Margo Jefferson, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit and others
 
ARIEL LEVY, guest editor, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker 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. Female Chauvinist Pigs, 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.

ROBERT ATWAN, the series editor of The Best American Essays 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.

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• Editore: Time Warner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0544569628
• ISBN 13: 9780544569621
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 241