{"product_id":"best-american-essays-2011-9780547479774","title":"Best American Essays 2011","description":"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 magazines, journals, and websites. 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. The Best American Essays 2011 includes Hilton Als, Katy Butler, Toi Derricotte, Christopher Hitchens, Pico Iyer, Charlie LeDuff, Chang-Rae Lee, Lia Purpura, Zadie Smith, Reshma Memon Yaqub, and others EDWIDGE DANTICAT, editor, is the author of several books, including Brother, I'm Dying, a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Her most recent book is Create Dangerously, a collection of essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous critically accalimed books, including \u003ci\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKrik? Krak!, \u003c\/i\u003e a National Book Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eThe Farming of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, an American Book Award winner; \u003ci\u003eThe Dew Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist, and \u003ci\u003eBrother, I'm Dying, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of an NBCC award in Autobiography. \u003cbr\u003eROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872696537362,"sku":"9780547479774","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_078939b4-8645-4a47-85f6-647defbe91cf.jpg?v=1737905802","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-american-essays-2011-9780547479774","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}