The Best American Essays 2024

Name: The Best American Essays 2024
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Wesley Morris
ISBN: 9780063351578

Author: Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman

Narrator: Emily Rankin, Cary Hite, Jeanette Illidge, Robert Fass, Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 16 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mariner Books

Published: 10/22/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections

Synopsis

A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman.“Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide readers on excursions that unfold on uncomfortable edges. From contemplating the nuances of memory to exploring the complexities of family, romance, gender identity, illness, and death, Morris’s selection of essays presents a roundup of the thinkers who masterfully grapple with the issues of our time.The Best American Essays 2024 includes TEJU COLE • MICHAEL W. CLUNE • YIYUN LI • JAMES McAULEY • RÉMY NGAMIJE • JENNIFER SENIOR • SALLIE TISDALE • JERALD WALKER • JENISHA WATTS and others

About Wesley Morris

Wesley Morris is a critic-at-large at the New York Times and a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, where he writes about popular culture and hosts the podcast “Still Processing” with J. Wortham. He’s written essays and reviews for Grantland and the Boston Globe, where he won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. In 2021, he was awarded a second Pulitzer in criticism for his writing at the Times.

About Kim Dana Kupperman

Kim Dana Kupperman is the author of the award-winning essay collection I Just Lately Started Buying Wings: Missives from the Other Side of Silence; a memoir, The Last of Her; and a historical novel, Six Thousand Miles to Home. She is the editor of You: An Anthology of Essays Devoted to the Second Person and the founding editor of Welcome Table Press, whose mission is to publish and celebrate the essay, in all its forms.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on January 15, 2025

I appreciate the diverse range of voices, each sharing their lived experiences with candor and creativity. Introducing Sallie Tisdale’s essay on memoirists as inherently unreliable narrators early in the series set the tone for the entire collection. Tisdale’s perspective encouraged me to approach e......more

Goodreads review by Cherryl on September 20, 2024

"The Best American Essays 2024" is a thought-provoking and engaging collection of essays that showcases the diverse talents and perspectives of some of the most compelling writers in the United States. Guest editor Wesley Morris, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, has curated an exceptional selection......more

Goodreads review by Macey on January 26, 2025

Some of these essays were astounding; it’s also astounding how bad some of these essays were????......more

Goodreads review by Mikayla on March 05, 2025

What an excellent collection of writing. Filled with varieties of perspectives and topics. I can't wait for the next issue.......more

Goodreads review by Josh on March 23, 2025

Solid collection. My favorites were: An Upset Place by James Whorton Jr As Big as You Make It Out to Be by Austin Woerner Woodstove by Brock Clarke Jenisha from Kentucky by Jenisha Watts......more