{"product_id":"the-best-american-essays-2021-9780358381754","title":"The Best American Essays 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning journalist and \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/em\u003estaff writer Kathryn Schulz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The world is abundant even in bad times,\" guest editor Kathryn Schulz writes in her introduction, \"it is lush with interestingness, and always, somewhere, offering up consolation or beauty or humor or happiness, or at least the hope of future happiness.\" The essays Schulz selected are a powerful time capsule of 2020, showcasing that even if our lives as we knew them stopped, the beauty to be found in them flourished. From an intimate account of nursing a loved one in the early days of the pandemic, to a masterful portrait of grieving the loss of a husband as the country grieved the loss of George Floyd, this collection brilliantly shapes the grief, hardship, and hope of a singular year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best American Essays 2021 includes \u003cbr\u003e ELIZABETH ALEXANDER - HILTON ALS - GABRIELLE HAMILTON - RUCHIR JOSHI - PATRICIA LOCKWOOD- CLAIRE MESSUD - WESLEY MORRIS - BETH NGUYEN - JESMYN WARD and others\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11901444\"\u003eRobert Atwan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358381754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0358381754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO002000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e KATHRYN SCHULZ is an American journalist and author and the former book critic for \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She joined \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as a staff writer in 2015 and won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709728002285,"sku":"9780358381754","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cb60e1fa-160c-4672-b907-1319c647547d.jpg?v=1650124184","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-best-american-essays-2021-9780358381754","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}