Esquire's Big Book of Great Writing: More than 70 Years of Celebrated Journalism

by Esquire Magazine (Editor), Adrienne Miller (Editor)

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Genres: Nonfiction

800 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2003

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm teaching a nonfiction writing class for Adult Education. Every time I teach a class, I have to introduce students to nonfiction. I use essays quite a bit and this compilation by Esquire's is quite good as it has some of the greats (Baldwin, Hemingway) and other really solid essayists, most of them writing for magazines, so the pieces are also New Yorker length narrative, which I'm also helping the class understand and familiarize themselves with. I'm probably being too ambitious.

This compilation was helpful and gave me a better historical grounding in the essay, at least over the past 50+ years.

[Kory · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite "airplane book" and full of great writing (the title doesn't lie). Writers from the past fifty years expousing on subjects from the 20$ secret of the universe to the trials of small breasts. Just pick a piece and enjoy.

[Neil · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't really like the way this one is put together, and a lot of it is crap. But many of the essays are still pretty damned good.

[Rosalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about the size of a brick and is too heavy and impractical to commute with. It lives on my nightstand. I'll finish it eventually! bought 5/15/09.

[morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

mostly exceptional and very worthwhile. small capsules of other time periods and snippets of folks' lives.

[Philuptuous · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great writing comes in many forms, and reading it is refreshing and helpful in improving my writing abilities.

[Michael Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few clunkers, but overall an excellent collection of great magazine writing