The Contemporary American Essay by Phillip Lopate (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Contemporary American Essay by Phillip Lopate A dazzling anthology of essays by some of Americas best writers, drawn from the past quarter century. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.A 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.The 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 Americas best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves fantastic writing.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 DAmbrosio . Meghan Daum . Brian Doyle .Geoff Dyer . Lina Ferreira . Lynn Freed . Rivka Galchen . Ross Gay . Louise Gl ck . 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 OGieblyn . Joyce Carol Oates . Darryl Pinckney . Lia Purpura . Karen Russell . David Sedaris . Shifra Sharlin . David Shields . Floyd Skloot . Rebecca Solnit . Clifford Thompson . Wesley YangAn Anchor Original. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography PHILLIP LOPATE is the author of To Show and to Tell- The Craft of Literary Nonfiction and four essay collections, Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body, and Portrait Inside My Head. He is the editor of the anthologies The Glorious American Essay, The Golden Age of the American Essay, The Art of the Personal Essay, Writing New York, and American Movie Critics. 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 Universitys nonfiction MFA program and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Table of Contents Introduction by Phillip Lopate "I Am the Happiness of This World" by Hilton Als "One Summer" by Nicholson Baker "Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man" by Thomas Beller "Brave Face" by Sven Birkerts Excerpt from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss "Tactless" by Mary Cappello "Decreation" by Anne Carson "Home Alone" by Terry Castle "Girl" by Alexander Chee "Black Body" by Teju Cole "Greedy Sleep" by Bernard Cooper "The Doctor Is a Woman" by Sloane Crosley "Loitering" by Charles DAmbrosio "Matricide" by Meghan Daum "Joyas Voladoras" by Brian Doyle "Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (with particular reference to Doughnut Plant doughnuts)" by Geoff Dyer "CID–LAX–BOG" by Lina Ferreira "Doing No Harm: Some Thoughts on Reading and Writing in the Age of Umbrage" by Lynn Freed "The Case of the Angry Daughter" by Rivka Galchen "Scat" by Ross Gay "On Revenge" by Louise GlÜck "Faculty Wife" by Emily Fox Gordon "Other Peoples Secrets" by Patricia Hampl "The Aquarium" by Aleksandar Hemon "The Terror of Love" by Samantha Irby "The Empathy Exams" by Leslie Jamison "Negroland" by Margo Jefferson "Domestic Gulags" by Laura Kipnis "Ann: Death and the Maiden" by David Lazar "Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life" by Yiyun Li "Experience Necessary" by Phillip Lopate "The Invitation" by Barry Lopez "Bodies in Motion and at Rest" by Thomas Lynch "Draft No. 4" by John McPhee "Failure: A Meditation, Another Iteration (With Interruptions)" by Anders Monson "Live Through That?!" by Eileen Myles Excerpt from The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson "Homeschool" by Meghan OGieblyn "A Visit to San Quentin" by Joyce Carol Oates "Busted in New York" by Darryl Pinckney "Against Gunmetal" by Lia Purpura "Beeper World" by Karen Russell "This Old House" by David Sedaris "Differences: Sex, Separateness & Marriage" by Shifra Sharlin "Information Sickness" by David Shields "Gray Area: Thinking With a Damaged Brain" by Floyd Skloot "Cassandra Among the Creeps" by Rebecca Solnit "Eric Garner and Me" by Clifford Thompson "We Out Here" by Wesley Yang Review "Whats marvelous is the way Lopates anthologies . . . manage to be not only comprehensive monuments of deep expertise, but such continuously fresh and thrilling reading companions." —Jonathan Lethem, author of The Feral Detective "Phillip Lopate is one of the most brilliant and original essayists now working." —Louise GlÜck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Review Quote "Whats marvelous is the way Lopates anthologies . . . manage to be not only comprehensive monuments of deep expertise, but such continuously fresh and thrilling reading companions." -- Jonathan Lethem, author of The Feral Detective "Phillip Lopate is one of the most brilliant and original essayists now working." -- Louise Gl Excerpt from Book from the Introduction by Phillip Lopate The first quarter of the twenty-first century has been an uneasy time of rupture and anxiety, filled with historic challenges and opportunities. In that close to twenty-five-year span, the United States witnessed the ominous opening shot of September 11th, followed by the seemingly unending Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the effort to control HIV/AIDS, the 2008 recession, the election of the first African American president, the legalization of same-sex marriage, the contentious reign of Donald Trump, the stepped-up restriction of immigrants, the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter, and the coronavirus pandemic, just to name a few major events. Intriguingly, the essay has blossomed during this time, in what many would deem an exceptionally good period for literary nonfiction--if not a golden one, then at least a silver: I think we can agree that there has been a remarkable outpouring of new and older voices responding to this perplexing moment in a form uniquely amenable to the processing of uncertainty. When the century began, essays were considered box office poison; editors would sometimes disguise collections of the stuff by packaging them as theme-driven memoirs. All that has changed: a generation of younger readers has embraced the essay form and made their favorite authors into bestsellers. We could speculate on the reasons for this growing popularity--the hunger for humane, authentic voices trying to get at least a partial grip on the truth in the face of so much political mendacity and information overload; the convenient, bite-sized nature of essays that require no excessive time commitment; the rise of identity politics and its promotion of eloquent spokespersons. Rather than trying to figure out why its happening, whats important is to chart the high points of this resurgence, and to account for the range of styles, subgenres, experimental approaches, and moral positions that characterize the contemporary American essay. Of course, roping off a period like the year 2000 to the present and calling it "contemporary" is somewhat arbitrary, but one has to start somewhere. At least this artificial chronological box allows for the inclusion of older authors who made their mark in the twentieth century and had the temerity to keep producing significant work in the twenty-first (such as John McPhee, Joyce Carol Oates, Barry Lopez, Thomas Lynch). Just as set designers of period films make a mistake in choosing only articles of clothing or furnishings that were produced in that era, forgetting that we always live with the layered material objects of previous decades, so it would be wrong to restrict the literary flavor of an era to writers under forty. Indeed, what makes this period so interesting is the m Details ISBN0525567321 Author Phillip Lopate Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0525567321 ISBN-13 9780525567325 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-08-03 Imprint Anchor Books Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-08-03 NZ Release Date 2021-08-03 US Release Date 2021-08-03 UK Release Date 2021-08-03 Pages 400 Publisher Random House USA Inc Place of Publication New York DEWEY 814.608 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137582546;

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