The best American essays / Laurie Abraham; Poe Ballantine; Emily Bernard; Ken Chen; Toi Derricotte; Joseph Epstein; Eugene Goodheart; Adam Gopnik; Kim Dana Kupperman; Michele Morano; Susan Orlean; Sam Pickering; Robert Polito; David Rieff; Oliver Sacks; P
Laurie Abraham; Poe Ballantine; Emily Bernard; Ken Chen; Toi Derricotte; Joseph Epstein; Eugene Goodheart; Adam Gopnik; Kim Dana Kupperman; Michele Morano; Susan Orlean; Sam Pickering; Robert Polito; David Rieff; Oliver Sacks; Peter Selgin; Alan Shapiro;
1986
Compiles the best literary essays of the year originally published in American periodicals.