Best American Essays 2011

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines journals and websites. A special guest editor a leading writer in the field then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind.The Best American Essays 2011 includesHilton Als Katy Butler Toi Derricotte Christopher HitchensPico Iyer Charlie LeDuff Chang-Rae Lee Lia Purpura Zadie SmithReshma Memon Yaqub and othersEDWIDGE DANTICAT editor is the author of several books including Brother I'm Dying a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Her most recent book is Create Dangerously a collection of essays.