Book Details
Edited by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I Am Dying, this classic collection of essays showcases the year's best.
Foreword by Robert Atwan
Introduction by Edwidge Danticat
HILTON ALS. Buddy Ebsen from The Believer
MISCHA BERLINSKI. Port-au-Prince: The Moment from The New York Review of Books
KATY BUTLER. What Broke My Father’s Heart from The New York Times Magazine
STEVEN CHURCH. Auscultation 25 from The Pedestrian
PAUL CRENSHAW. After the Ice from Southern Humanities Review
TOI DERRICOTTE. Beds 42 from Creative Nonfiction
MEENAKSHI GIGI DURHAM. Grieving from Harvard Review
BERNADETTE ESPOSITO. A-LOC from The North American Review
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. Topic of Cancer from Vanity Fair
PICO IYER. Chapels from Portland Magazine
VICTOR LAVALLE. Long Distance from Granta
CHARLIE LEDUFF. What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? from Mother Jones
CHANG-RAE LEE. Magical Dinners from The New Yorker
MADGE MCKEITHEN. What Really Happened from TriQuarterly
CARYL PHILLIPS. Rude Am I in My Speech from Salmagundi
BRIDGET POTTER. Lucky Girl from Guernica
LIA PURPURA. There Are Things Awry Here from Orion
RACHEL RIEDERER. Patient from The Missouri Review
PATRICIA SMITH. Pearl, Upward from Crab Orchard Review
ZADIE SMITH. Generation Why? from The New York Review of Books
SUSAN STRAIGHT. Travels with My Ex from The Believer
CHRISTY VANNOY. A Personal Essay by a Personal Essay from McSweeney’s
JERALD WALKER. Unprepared from Harvard Review
RESHMA MEMON YAQUB. The Washing from The Washington Post Magazine
Contributors’ Notes
Notable Essays of 2010
Other distinguished essays, selected by series editor Robert Atwan.









