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Robert Atwan

Författare till The Best American Essays of the Century

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Robert Atwan is the series editor of The Best American Essays. He recently edited Divine Inspiration, a volume of world poetry on the Gospels. (Publisher Provided)

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Verk av Robert Atwan

The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Editor & Foreword — 774 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2007 (2007) — Redaktör — 469 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2005 (2005) — Redaktör; Förord — 342 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2003 (2003) — Editor & Foreword — 313 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2006 (2006) — Redaktör — 300 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2004 (2004) — Förord; Redaktör — 291 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2008 (2008) — Förord; Redaktör — 290 exemplar
The Writer's Presence: A Pool of Essays (2000) — Redaktör, vissa utgåvor; Redaktör — 253 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2001 (2001) — Redaktör; Förord — 236 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2009 (2009) — Redaktör — 232 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2012 (2012) — Redaktör — 228 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2010 (2010) — Redaktör — 226 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2011 (2011) — Redaktör — 225 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2002 (2002) — Redaktör; Förord — 220 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2000 (2000) — Redaktör; Förord — 212 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2013 (2013) — Redaktör — 211 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2015 (2015) 199 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1998 (1998) — Redaktör; Förord — 191 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Redaktör — 184 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1994 (1994) — Redaktör — 180 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2014 (2014) — Redaktör — 165 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1995 (1995) — Redaktör — 159 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1997 (1997) — Redaktör — 154 exemplar
The Best American Essays: College Edition (1995) — Redaktör — 147 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1991 (1991) — Redaktör — 142 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1992 (1992) — Redaktör — 138 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2016 (2016) — Redaktör — 134 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Redaktör — 132 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2019 (2019) — Series editor — 129 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1993 (1993) — Redaktör — 120 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1990 (1990) — Redaktör — 117 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2017 (2017) — Redaktör — 117 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Redaktör — 100 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1988 (1988) — Redaktör — 97 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2020 (2020) — Redaktör — 91 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1987 (1987) — Redaktör — 85 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1986 (1986) — Redaktör — 70 exemplar
The Best American Essays 2022 (2022) — Redaktör — 56 exemplar
A Dream of Summer: Poems for a Sensuous Season (2004) — Redaktör — 18 exemplar
Enjoying Stories (1987) — Redaktör — 2 exemplar
The Winchester Reader (1991) 2 exemplar
Convergences (2002) 1 exemplar
Our Times 1 exemplar

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Julius Caesar (1623) — Redaktör, vissa utgåvor12,354 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Atwan, Robert G.
Födelsedag
1940-11-02
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Utbildning
Seton Hall University
Rutgers University
Yrken
essayist
editor

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This is an eclectic collection of essays published in major publications that somewhat vary in quality. Some of the highlights here for me were crushing "Apparent" by Beth Nguyen about meeting her estranged mother after their life so cruelly set them apart and "Witness and Respair" by Jesmyn Ward on the loss of her husband and the grief that followed. Jesmyn Ward's piece is probably the strongest of the selection.

Some of these essays were insightful and interesting, if not as personal, like "Kitchen is closed" by Gabrielle Hamilton about dealing with the pandemics as a restaurant owner and "Acceptance Parenting" by Agnes Callard about modern parenting.

Some were ok, but just not for me (Barry Lopez, who I normally admire). I also liked "In Orbit" by D. Suarez a lot, but it was so unnecessarily apologetic I felt bad for the author.
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SrMaryLea | 1 annan recension | Aug 23, 2023 |
English poetry inspired by Bible
 
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SrMaryLea | 1 annan recension | Aug 23, 2023 |
Didn't read them all, good but many were depressing.
 
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ritaer | 1 annan recension | Feb 12, 2023 |

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Verk
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Recensioner
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ISBN
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