The Best American Essays 2022

Name: The Best American Essays 2022
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alexander Chee
ISBN: 9780063274501

Author: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan

Series: Best American

Narrator: Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mariner Books

Published: 11/01/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections, Language Arts, Writing

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee.Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Alexander Chee

ALEXANDER CHEE is the author of the novels Edinburgh and the national bestseller The Queen of the Night. His essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel was named a best book of the year in 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher's Weekly, NPR, and Time. In 2025, Kirkus Reviews named it one of the hundred best books of nonfiction of the 21st century. Chee is a recipient of the NEA Fellowship in Fiction, The Whiting Award, The Guggenheim and The USA Artists’ Fellowship. He teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College and lives in Vermont.

About Robert Atwan

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Radwa

This was fine, I found some new and interesting non-fiction writers and deven those who has fiction works, but I didn't feel that there was a lot of variety in the topics here so it felt repetitive at some times, and for me some writing styles (especialaly in non fiction) are either a hit or not, ev......more

Goodreads review by Beth

This year's edition should have been called The Best American Autobiographical Essays. I love memoirs, but I could have used some essays about topics mixed in here. My favorites were Among Men by Calvin Gimpelevich and If You Ever Find Yourself by Erika J. Simpson.......more

Goodreads review by Kristin

Some real standouts (“Azeroth” and “At the Bend of the Road”). I wish there’d been more variety in subject matter and tone.......more

Goodreads review by Reading Cat

All editions of this series reflect the interests and concerns of the time they were collected, as well as the personality of the editor. This is no exception. I can say that based on this, I will not be looking for any of Mr Chee's other works as he seems to be a rather unpleasant human being. Ther......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

Alexander Chee put his whole chussy into selecting these......more