The Best American Essays 2023

The Best American Essays 2023

≪P≫In Her Introduction To This Year&Rsquo;S ≪Em≫The Best American Essays≪/Em≫, Guest Editor Vivian Gornick States That Her Selections &Ldquo;Contribute Materially To The Long And Honorable History Of The Personal Essay By Way Of The Value They Place On Lived Experience.&Rdquo; Provocative, Daring, And Honest At A Time When Many Writers Are Deliberately Silencing Themselves In The Face Of Authoritarian And Populist Censorship Movements, The Twenty-One Essays Collected Here Reflect Their Authors&Rsquo; Unapologetic Observations Of The World Around Them. From An Inmate Struggling To Find Purpose During His Prison Sentence To A Doctor Coping With The Unpredictable Nature Of Her Patient, To A Widow Wishing For Just A Little More Time With Her Late Husband, These Narratives&Mdash;And The Others Featured In This Anthology&Mdash;Celebrate The Endurance Of The Human Spirit.≪/P≫≪P≫≪Em≫The Best American Essays 2023 ≪/Em≫Includes Ciara Alfaro &Bull; Jillian Barnet &Bull; Sylvie Baumgartel &Bull; Eric Borsuk &Bull; Chris Dennis &Bull; Xujun Eberlein &Bull; Sandra Hager Eliason &Bull; George Estreich &Bull; Merrill Joan Gerber &Bull; Debra Gwartney &Bull; Edward Hoagland &Bull; Laura Kipnis &Bull; Phillip Lopate &Bull; Celeste Marcus &Bull; Sam Meekings &Bull; Sigrid Nunez &Bull; Kathryn Schulz &Bull; Anthony Siegel &Bull; Scott Spencer &Bull; Angelique Stevens &Bull; David Treuer≪/P≫