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The Best American Essays 2005by Susan Orlean
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Now in its twentieth year, this consistently refined and lively series (Booklist) still highlights the best that the form can be (Philadelphia Inquirer). Edited by the best-selling writer Susan Orlean, this years collection highlights lively and provocative writing for these difficult times. Contributors include Roger Angell, Andrea Barrett, David Sedaris, Holly Welker, and others. Review:"Author and New Yorker staff writer Orlean (The Orchid Thief) says in her introduction that the best essays are not mere records of a subject but are, rather, extraordinary accounts that 'reflect the thinking and emotions of the writer.' While many (perhaps too many) of the 25 essays here come from the New Yorker, small magazines are represented, and the writing is anything but conventional. Each work pulls the reader deep into the author's world; each is a remarkable first-person account of a life. Only one, Mark Greif's sharp rant 'Against Exercise,' deviates from this form. Food is a recurring theme. E.J. Levy remembers his mother by way of the romantic Julia Child meals she prepared while he was growing up. David Foster Wallace details everything the reader could possibly want to know about the lobster. Other topics vary from Cathleen Schine's moving discussion of attempting to save her dangerous and self-destructive dog to David Sedaris's humorous tribute to his boyfriend, 'Old Faithful.' Whatever the topic, this popular series continues to delight and surprise, and per Orlean's definition of an excellent essay, provides a singular glimpse into the authors' lives." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Now in its 20th year, this "consistently refined and lively series" (Booklist) still highlights "the best that the form can be" (Philadelphia Inquirer). This year's collection highlights lively and provocative writing from Roger Angell, Andrea Barrett, David Sedaris, Holly Welker, and others.
Synopsis:The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. 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 very 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. The Best American Essays 2005 includes Roger Angell • Andrea Barrett • Jonathan Franzen • Ian Frazier • Edward Hoagland • Ted Kooser • Jonathan Lethem • Danielle Ofri • Oliver Sacks • Cathleen Schine • David Sedaris • Robert Stone • David Foster Wallace • and others Susan Orlean, guest editor, is the author of My Kind of Place, The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, and Saturday Night. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1982, she has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. About the AuthorSince the inception of The Best American Essays in 1986 as a trade book title, Robert Atwan has been series editor. He has published reviews and essays in a range of periodicals and edited a number of other literature anthologies. Atwan most recently edited two collections of poetry with a Biblical theme, Chapters into Verse by Oxford University Press and Divine Inspiration by Oxford University Press. Table of ContentsContents Foreword by Robert Atwan ix Introduction by Susan Orlean xv Roger Angell. La Vie en Rose 1 from The New Yorker Andrea Barrett. The Sea of Information 9 from The Kenyon Review Paul Crenshaw. Storm Country 21 from Southern Humanities Review Brian Doyle. Joyas Voladoras 28 from The American Scholar Kitty Burns Florey. Sister Bernadettes Barking Dog 31 from Harpers Magazine Jonathan Franzen. The Comfort Zone 37 from The New Yorker Ian Frazier. If Memory Doesnt Serve 56 from The Atlantic Monthly Mark Greif. Against Exercise 62 from n 1 Edward Hoagland. Small Silences 74 from Harpers Magazine Ted Kooser. Small Rooms in Time 100 from River Teeth Jonathan Lethem. Speak, Hoyt-Schermerhorn 106 from Harpers Magazine E. J . Levy. Mastering the Art of French Cooking 121 from Salmagundi Michael Martone. Contributors Note 131 from Flyway David Masello. My Friend Lodovico 135 from The New York Times Danielle Ofri. Living Will 139 from The Missouri Review Sam Pickering. Dog Days 151 from River Teeth Oliver Sacks. Speed 161 from The New Yorker Cathleen Schine. Dog Trouble 181 from The New Yorker David Sedaris. Old Faithful 195 from The New Yorker Paula Speck. Six Seconds 203 from Meridian Bert O. States. Skill Display in Birding Groups 208 from The North American Review Robert Stone. The Prince of Possibility 222 from The New Yorker Ellen Ullman. Dining with Robots 242 from The American Scholar David Foster Wallace. Consider the Lobster 252 from Gourmet Holly Welker. Satin Worship 271 from PMS Biographical Notes 279 Notable Essays of 2004 285
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