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A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman.
“Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide listeners on excursions that unfold on uncomfortable edges. From contemplating the nuances of memory to exploring the complexities of family, romance, gender identity, illness, and death, Morris’s selection of essays presents a roundup of the thinkers who masterfully grapple with the issues of our time.
The Best American Essays 2024 includes TEJU COLE • MICHAEL W. CLUNE • YIYUN LI • JAMES McAULEY • RÉMY NGAMIJE • JENNIFER SENIOR • SALLIE TISDALE • JERALD WALKER • JENISHA WATTS and others
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
“There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now,” proclaims guest editor Lauren Groff in her introduction. This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. The Best American Short Stories 2024 boasts a collection of twenty stories that “buzz with their own strange logic.” Daring and resonant, the stories in this volume invite in Groff “a feeling that both the author and I were simultaneously discovering something together.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great collection of short stories
- De Michael en 02-25-25
De: Lauren Groff, y otros
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The Best American Essays 2022
- De: Alexander Chee
- Narrado por: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of this series ever
- De Melissa en 02-28-23
De: Alexander Chee
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The Best American Essays 2025
- De: Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman
- Duración: 12 h
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The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. Jia Tolentino, critically acclaimed essayist, editor, and New Yorker staff writer, selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
De: Jia Tolentino, y otros
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
- Essays and Arguments
- De: David Foster Wallace
- Narrado por: Paul Garcia
- Duración: 17 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 860
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In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book, terrible narration!
- De Karen en 08-20-13
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
- Best American
- De: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - editor, Jaime Green - series editor
- Narrado por: Tracey Leigh, Jennifer Aquino, Ulka Simone Mohanty, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, renowned marine biologist and co-founder of the All We Can Save climate initiative, compiles the best science and nature writing of the year.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The worst book in the series I have read.
- De O en 06-19-23
De: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - editor, y otros
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The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
- De: Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong, Soneela Nankani, Ali Nasser, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it.
De: Padma Lakshmi, y otros
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024
- De: Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston, Frankie Corzo, David Lee Huynh, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 40 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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“These are dangerous stories. The kind that warp reality and threaten to change the world” warns guest editor Hugh Howey in his introduction. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 promises a treasure trove of audacious characters, daring worldbuilding, and twisted realties. A sibling duo of supernatural hitmen. A traveling spellbreaker and his trusty alligator mount. Superheroes registering for work. Sentient spaceships with an AI-human interface grow up together with their human pilots.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The treasures in here are worth the ticket price.
- De Anonymous User en 03-01-25
De: Hugh Howey, y otros
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
- De: Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green
- Narrado por: Katharine Chin, Shahjehan Khan, Nikki Massoud, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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“What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,” writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. The essays in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us.
De: Carl Zimmer, y otros
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To Show and to Tell
- The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
- De: Phillip Lopate
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Distinguished author Phillip Lopate, editor of the celebrated anthology The Art of the Personal Essay, is universally acclaimed as “one of our best personal essayists” ( Dallas Morning News). Here, combining more than 40 years of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, he brings us this highly anticipated nuts-and-bolts guide to writing literary nonfiction. A phenomenal master class shaped by Lopate’s informative, accessible tone, and immense gift for storytelling.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a guide on writing personal essays
- De A. Yoshida en 08-07-13
De: Phillip Lopate
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The Best Short Stories 2023
- The O. Henry Prize Winners
- De: Lauren Groff - editor, Jenny Minton Quigley - editor
- Narrado por: Lauren Groff, full cast
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including several stories in translation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Every story is overwhelmingly melancholy.
- De Jane S. en 10-31-23
De: Lauren Groff - editor, y otros