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9 best books like The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 (Brian Greene): Bastard Out of Carolina, The Best American Short Stories 2007, The Best American Essays 2006, The Best American Essays 2008, The Best American Essays 2011, The Best American Essays 2009, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013, The Best American Travel Writing 2006, The Best American Essays 2007

Bastard Out of Carolina
AuthorDorothy Allison
ISBN0452287057
Greenville County, South Carolina, is a wild, lush place that is home to the Boatwright family—a tight-knit clan of rough-hewn, hard-drinking men who shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who get married young and age too quickly. At the heart of this story is Ruth Anne Boatwright,...
The Best American Short Stories 2007
AuthorStephen King
ISBN0618713484
In his introduction to this volume, Stephen King writes, “Talent does more than come out; it bursts out, again and again, doing exuberant cartwheels while the band plays 'Stars and Stripes Forever' . . . Talent can’t help itself; it roars along in fair weather or foul, not sparing the fireworks....
The Best American Essays 2006
AuthorLauren Slater
ISBN0618705295
"The essays in this volume are powerful, plainspoken meditations on birthing, dying, and all the business in between," writes Lauren Slater in her introduction to the 2006 edition. "They reflect the best of what we, as a singular species, have to offer, which is reflection in a context of kindness....
The Best American Essays 2008
AuthorAdam Gopnik
ISBN0618983228
Here you will find the finest essays “judiciously selected from countless publications” (Chicago Tribune), ranging from The New Yorker and Harper’s to Swink and Pinch. In his introduction to this year’s edition, Adam Gopnik finds that great essays have “text and inner text, personal...
The Best American Essays 2011
AuthorEdwidge Danticat
ISBN0547479778
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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...
The Best American Essays 2009
AuthorMary Oliver
ISBN0618982728
Addendum to original review, explaining why I have downgraded this to two stars - (italicized material below):

My second criticism is probably more a reflection of my personal taste, and may not be shared by other readers. But I felt that Mary Oliver's background as a poet shone through, with...
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013
AuthorDave Eggers
ISBN0544105508
Some of these stories are terrific ....
but there is a wide variety of styles....short stories, poetry, tattoo graphic series, essays, and articles
Depressing...tragic -a laughter. In other words 'a mixed bag'.

Given I paid a penny for this collection plus $3.99 for shipping....I've...
The Best American Travel Writing 2006
AuthorTim Cahill
ISBN0618582150
Tim Cahill writes in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2006, "'Story' is the essence of the travel essay. Stories are the way we organize the chaos in our lives, orchestrate voluminous factual material, and -- if we are very good -- shed some light on the human condition." Here are twenty-six...
The Best American Essays 2007
AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
ISBN0618709274
The twenty-two essays in this powerful collection -- perhaps the most diverse in the entire series -- come from a wide variety of periodicals, ranging from n + 1 and PMS to the New Republic and The New Yorker, and showcase a remarkable range of forms. Read on for narrative -- in first and third person -- opinion,...
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