The Best American Essays, 1995
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
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Book
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xv, 263 pages ; 21 cm
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East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
814 BES 1995
Description
Includes essays by Joseph Brodsky, William H. Gass, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Edward Hoagland, Edna O'Brien, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, John Edgar Wideman, and Tobias Wolff, among others.
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English
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0395691842, 9780395691847
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Includes essays by Joseph Brodsky, William H. Gass, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Edward Hoagland, Edna O'Brien, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, John Edgar Wideman, and Tobias Wolff, among others.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Kincaid, J., Atwan, R., Brodsky, J., Agee, J., Brodkey, H., Clendinen, D., Cooper, B., Di Piero, W. S., Foo, J., Gass, W. H., Gates, H. L., Jr., Hoagland, E., Kappel-Smith, D., Kumin, M., McPherson, J. A., O'Brien, E., Ozick, C., Paley, G., Simic, C., Wideman, J. E., Wolff, T., & Scarry, E. (1995). The Best American Essays, 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jamaica, Kincaid et al.. 1995. The Best American Essays, 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jamaica, Kincaid et al., The Best American Essays, 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kincaid, Jamaica,, et al. The Best American Essays, 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
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| 700 | 1 | |a Brodsky, Joseph, |d 1940-1996. |t Homage to Marcus Aurelius. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Agee, Joel. |t Eros at sea. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Brodkey, Harold. |t Dying: an update. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Clendinen, Dudley. |t When negative meets positive. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Cooper, Bernard. |t Burl's. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Di Piero, W. S. |t Gots is what you got. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Foo, Josephine. |t Endou. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Gass, William H., |d 1924-2017. |t Art of self. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Gates, Henry Louis, |c Jr. |t In the kitchen. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Hoagland, Edward. |t Strange perfume. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kappel-Smith, Diana. |t Salt. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kumin, Maxine, |d 1925-2014. |t Jicama, without expectation. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a McPherson, James Alan, |d 1943-2016. |t Saturday night, and Sunday morning. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a O'Brien, Edna. |t Waiting. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ozick, Cynthia. |t Break. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Paley, Grace. |t Six days: some rememberings. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Simic, Charles, |d 1938-2023. |t Necessity of poetry. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Wideman, John Edgar. |t Father stories. | |
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