Presents an anthology of the best literary essays published in 2014, selected from American periodicals.

Presents an anthology of the best literary essays published in the past year, selected from American periodicals.

This work also reflects the contemporary and practical work done on the interconnectedness of composition and cognition.

The Pulitzer–Prize winning and Guggenheim-honored Hilton Als curates the best essays from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, bringing “the fierce style of street reading and the formal tradition of critical inquiry, reads ...