Best American essays 2006 / 
edited and with an introduction by Lauren Slater ; Robert Atwan, series editor. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2006. 
 - xxii, 277 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Best American series .
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/>Introduction / Lauren Slater -- Kinsey and me / Laurie Abraham -- 501 minutes to Christ / Poe Ballantine -- Teaching the N-Word / Emily Bernard -- City out of breath / Ken Chen -- Beginning dialogues / Toi Derricotte -- Culture of celebrity / Joseph Epstein -- Whistling in the dark / Eugene Goodheart -- Death of a fish / Adam Gopnik -- Relief / Kim Dana Kupperman -- Grammar Lessons: The subjunctive mood / Michele Morano -- Lost dog / Susan Orlean -- George / Sam Pickering -- Shame / Robert Polito -- Illness as more than metaphor / David Rieff -- Recalled to life / Oliver Sacks -- Confessions of a left-handed man / Peter Selgin -- Why write? / Alan Shapiro -- Group grief / Lily Tuck -- Missing Bellow / Scott Turow -- Matter of life and death / Marjorie Williams -- Biographical notes -- Notable essays of 2005. 
<br/><br/> The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618705317 9780618705313 0618705295 9780618705290 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American essays--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Essays.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS688  / .B47 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>814.6 BE 2006  / 02721