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The Next American Essay

By John D'Agata, John D'Agata

The Next American Essay

By John D'Agata, John D'Agata

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In The Next American Essay, John D'Agata takes a literary tour of lyric essays written by the masters of the craft. Beginning with 1975 and John McPhee's ingenious piece, "The Search for Marvin Gardens," D'Agata selects an example of creative nonfiction for each subsequent year. These essays are unrestrained, elusive, explosive, mysterious-a personal lingual playground. They encompass and illuminate culture, myth, history, romance, and sex. Each essay is a world of its own, a world so distinctive it resists definition. Contributors include: Sherman Alexie David Antin Jenny Boully Anne Carson Guy Davenport Lydia Davis Joan Didion Annie Dillard Thalia Field Albert Goldbarth Susan Griffin Theresa Hak Kung Cha Jamaica Kincaid Wayne Koestenbaum Barry Lopez John McPhee Carole Maso Harry Mathews Susan Mitchell Fabio Morabito Mary Ruefle David Shields Dennis Silk Susan Sontag Alexander Theroux George W. S. Trow David Foster Wallace Eliot Weinberger Joe Wenderoth James Wright
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
488
Release Date:
2003-02-01
Publication Date:
2003-02-01
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1555973752
ISBN13:
9781555973759
Weight:
726 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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