Edited by the author of Consider the Lobster and Infinite Jest, a new collection of the finest nonfiction essays published over the past year incorporates the work of distinguished masters of the essay genre, including Jo Ann Beard, Mark Danner, Malcolm Gladwell, Louis Menand, and Molly Peacock, among others. Simultaneous.
David Foster Wallace is the author of two essay collections, "Consider the Lobster" and "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," and of the bestselling novel "Infinite Jest" and "The Broom of the System" and several story collections including "The Girl With Curious Hair," "Oblivion," and "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men."
ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.