Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction....
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Aug 30, 2007
Sesh
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I came across this collection of science and nature writing out of serendipity and discovered some great essays. Since then I have bought every annual issue of the Best American Science and Nature writing.
The 2002 issue is still my most favorite of the lot. The most fascinating piece in this issue is by Burkhard Bilger, "Braised Shank of Free-Range Possum". Mr. Bilger travels the south in search of old-world delicacies such as the free-range possum of the title ("...t More...
The 2002 issue is still my most favorite of the lot. The most fascinating piece in this issue is by Burkhard Bilger, "Braised Shank of Free-Range Possum". Mr. Bilger travels the south in search of old-world delicacies such as the free-range possum of the title ("...t More...
Sep 02, 2009
Ann
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There's a great piece by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of Nickled & Dimed, about her reaction to being diagnosed with breast cancer. I have to say I'd probably feel the same and can't quite view anything slathered in pink in the name of the cure in quite the same way.
Additionally I enjoyed this collection because I'm a nature nut! There are articles about birds getting confused flying around skyscrapers, people being hunted by mountain lions, & the effects of overfishing, just to More...
Additionally I enjoyed this collection because I'm a nature nut! There are articles about birds getting confused flying around skyscrapers, people being hunted by mountain lions, & the effects of overfishing, just to More...
Jan 27, 2012
Sheila
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Someone loaned me this book so I could read the Eric Schlosser essay on French fries, but I ended up reading the whole thing. Along with the fries essay, my other favorites were Barbara Ehrenreich’s attack on the commercial, cultish optimism surrounding breast cancer and Anne Matthews’ haunting account of the migratory birds that would crash into the World Trade Center. Some of the essays were bone-dry, and I really wish there were citations. I’ll check out the rest of the series but with more d
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Jan 15, 2011
Ryan
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I got this for the Malcolm Gladwell article on Kaplan and the SAT - fascinating. I am in the anti-standardized testing camp - I see the potential value, but rarely see them used in that way. I like reading Gladwell's take on things - makes me think about them differently, even when I don't agree with him.
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