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A collection of the yearβs best essays selected byΒ AndrΓ© Aciman, author of the worldwide bestsellerΒ Call Me by Your Name.
βAn essay is the child of uncertainty,β AndreΜ Aciman contends in his introduction toΒ The Best American Essays 2020. βThe struggle to write what one hopes is entirely true,Β and the long incubation every piece of writing requires of a writer who is thinking difficult thoughts, are what ultimately give the writing its depth, its magnitude, its grace.β The essays Aciman selected center on people facing moments of deep uncertainty, searching for a greater truth. From a Black fatherβs confrontation of his sonβs illness, to a divorceΜeβsΒ transcendent experience with strangers, to a bartender grieving the tragic loss of a friend, these stories are a master class not just in essay writing but in empathy, artfully imbuingΒ moments of hardship with understanding and that elusive grace.Β
The Best American 2020 Essays includes Β RABIH ALAMEDDINEΒ β’Β BARBARA EHRENREICHΒ β’Β LESLIE JAMISON JAMAICA KINCAIDΒ β’Β ALEX MARZANO-LESNEVICHΒ β’Β A. O. SCOTTΒ β’Β JERALD WALKERΒ β’Β STEPHANIE POWELL WATTSΒ and othersΒ
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βAn essay is the child of uncertainty,β AndreΜ Aciman contends in his introduction toΒ The Best American Essays 2020. βThe struggle to write what one hopes is entirely true,Β and the long incubation every piece of writing requires of a writer who is thinking difficult thoughts, are what ultimately give the writing its depth, its magnitude, its grace.β The essays Aciman selected center on people facing moments of deep uncertainty, searching for a greater truth. From a Black fatherβs confrontation of his sonβs illness, to a divorceΜeβsΒ transcendent experience with strangers, to a bartender grieving the tragic loss of a friend, these stories are a master class not just in essay writing but in empathy, artfully imbuingΒ moments of hardship with understanding and that elusive grace.Β
The Best American 2020 Essays includes Β RABIH ALAMEDDINEΒ β’Β BARBARA EHRENREICHΒ β’Β LESLIE JAMISON JAMAICA KINCAIDΒ β’Β ALEX MARZANO-LESNEVICHΒ β’Β A. O. SCOTTΒ β’Β JERALD WALKERΒ β’Β STEPHANIE POWELL WATTSΒ and othersΒ
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ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.
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