{"product_id":"the-contemporary-american-essay-9780525567325","title":"The Contemporary American Essay","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling anthology of essays by some of the best writers of the past quarter century--from Barry Lopez and Margo Jefferson to David Sedaris and Samantha Irby--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary American Essay\u003c\/i\u003e is a monument to a remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves fantastic writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hilton Als - Nicholson Baker - Thomas Beller - Sven Birkerts - Eula Biss - Mary Cappello - Anne Carson - Terry Castle - Alexander Chee - Teju Cole - Bernard Cooper - Sloane Crosley - Charles D'Ambrosio - Meghan Daum - Brian Doyle - Geoff Dyer - Lina Ferreira - Lynn Freed - Rivka Galchen - Ross Gay - Louise Glück - Emily Fox Gordon - Patricia Hampl - Aleksandar Hemon - Samantha Irby - Leslie Jamison - Margo Jefferson - Laura Kipnis - David Lazar - Yiyun Li - Phillip Lopate - Barry Lopez - Thomas Lynch - John McPhee - Ander Monson - Eileen Myles - Maggie Nelson - Meghan O'Gieblyn - Joyce Carol Oates - Darryl Pinckney - Lia Purpura - Karen Russell - David Sedaris - Shifra Sharlin - David Shields - Floyd Skloot - Rebecca Solnit - Clifford Thompson - Wesley Yang \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Anchor Original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHILLIP LOPATE is the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e and four essay collections, \u003ci\u003eBachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePortrait Inside My Head\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of the anthologies \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious American Essay, The Golden Age of the American Essay, The Art of the Personal Essay, Writing New York, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Movie Critics\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and two New York Foundation for the Arts grants. He is a professor of writing at Columbia University's nonfiction MFA program and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529195032850,"sku":"9780525567325","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1eab508-4b6f-419a-9b35-fe737e008944.jpg?v=1731342786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-contemporary-american-essay-9780525567325","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}