{"product_id":"the-best-american-essays-2015-9780544569621","title":"The Best American Essays 2015","description":"\"Writing an essay is like catching a wave,\" posits guest editor Ariel Levy. \"To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water.\" This year's writers are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted a wide range of pieces awash in a diversity of moods, voices, and stances. Leaving an abusive marriage, parting with a younger self, losing your sanity to Fitbit, and even saying goodbye to a beloved pair of pants imbued with meaning are all unified by the daring of their creation. As Levy notes, \"Writing around an idea you think is worthwhile--an idea you suspect is an insight--requires real audacity.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays 2015\u003c\/em\u003e includes \u003cbr\u003e Hilton Als, Roger Angell, Justin Cronin, Meghan Daum, Anthony Doerr, Margo Jefferson, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit \u003cem\u003eand others\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARIEL LEVY, \u003c\/strong\u003e guest editor, has been a staff writer at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e since 2008. She received the National Magazine Award for essays and criticism for her piece \"Thanksgiving in Mongolia,\" which she is expanding into a book for Random House. \u003cem\u003eFemale Chauvinist Pigs, \u003c\/em\u003e Levy's first book, has been translated into seven languages. She teaches at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and at Wesleyan University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROBERT ATWAN, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe series editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e since its inception in 1986, has published on a wide variety of subjects, from American advertising and early photography to ancient divination and Shakespeare. His criticism, essays, humor, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous periodicals nationwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARIEL LEVY is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of the feminist classic \u003ci\u003eFemale Chauvinist Pigs.\u003c\/i\u003e Her piece \"Thanksgiving in Mongolia\" won the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e since its inception in 1986.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213170934034,"sku":"9780544569621","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a12bb493-9497-4850-ab0b-2912143cf002.jpg?v=1745361808","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-essays-2015-9780544569621","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}