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- Atul Gawande's "The Way We Age Now"
- Sam Shaw's "Run Like Fire Once More"
- Charles Simic's "The Renegade"

Other Highlights
- Adam Gopnik's introduction
- Rich Cohen's "Becoming Adolf"
- Anthony Lane's "...more...]]> 38743458 166376 4586825 0618983228 9780618983223 38 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-m-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-s-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4586825.The_Best_American_Essays_2008 3.55 122 In the end, Gopnik believes that the only real ambition of an essayist is to be a master of our common life. This latest installment of The Best American Essays is full of writing that reveals, in Gopnik’s words, “the breath of things as they are.”</div>]]> 2008 2 0 false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 01:11:18 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 07:09:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 62639544 134743 4586825 0618983228 9780618983223 38 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-m-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-s-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4586825.The_Best_American_Essays_2008 3.55 122 In the end, Gopnik believes that the only real ambition of an essayist is to be a master of our common life. This latest installment of The Best American Essays is full of writing that reveals, in Gopnik’s words, “the breath of things as they are.”</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:52:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:59:58 -0700 2009
My favorites were Rich Cohen's mustache essay (possibly the best last line in the book), Atul Gawande's essay about aging, Sam Shaw's piece about the transcendent runners, Lauren Slater's ess...more...]]> 57963497 1336049 4586825 0618983228 9780618983223 38 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-m-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/45/825/4586825-s-1256107402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4586825.The_Best_American_Essays_2008 3.55 122 In the end, Gopnik believes that the only real ambition of an essayist is to be a master of our common life. 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