Collection of essays and articles selected from ten years of the author's journalism career, including travel pieces, profiles, historical accounts, book reviews, and commentary on a variety of issues.
Presents a collection of twenty essays originally published in various periodicals by a number of noted writers including Joseph Epstein, Sam Pickering, Alan Shapiro, and others.
Contains a collection of essays by farmer and writer Wendell Berry that examine the relationship between humans and their work, community, and environment in a post-industrialized world.
Journalist Susan Orlean profiles more than thirty-five individuals from all walks of life, such as an ordinary ten-year-old boy, celebrities including Tonya Harding, and unusual people such as the first woman matador in Spain, Cristina Sanchez.
Presents twenty-four essays by American authors, chosen by guest editor Stephen Jay Gould as the best to be published in 2001, including selections by Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Franzen, David Halberstan, and others.
Includes life and background of the author, chronology of Emerson's life, critical commentaries, critical essays, review questions and essay topics, and selected bibliography.
