02092cam a2200277Ia 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350023000640400061000870200030001480200023001780200022002010200025002230350020002480500022002680820011002902450119003012600043004203000028004635040056004915051149005476500035016966500034017317000030017657000019017958602720230410132701.0001019s2000    mau      b    000 0 eng d  a(OCoLC)ocm45197649  aJEDcJEDdDPLdNVCdNORdOCLCQdBAKERdYDXCPdOCLCGdB9K  a0618035788 (hc) :c$27.50  a9780618035786 (hc)  a061803580X (pbk.)  a9780618035809 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)4519764914aPS 688bB561 200000a814.0804aThe best American essays.n2000 /cedited and with an introduction by Alan Lightman ; Robert Atwan, series editor.  aBoston, MA :bHoughton Mifflin,c2000.  axviii, 233 p. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233).00tForeword /rRobert Atwan --tIntroduction /rAlan Lightman --tThe last time I saw Paris /rAndrâe Aciman --tIn distrust of movements /rWendell Berry --tThe joys and perils of victimhood /rIan Buruma --tA son in shadow /rFred D'Aguiar --tWestbury court /rEdwidge Danticat --tIn defense of the book /rWilliam H. Gass --tRome : the visible city /rMary Gordon --tEarth's eye /rEdward Hoagland --tThose words that echo ... echo ... echo ... through life /rJamaica Kincaid --tIf you are what you eat, then what am I? /rGeeta Kothari --tThe resurrectionist /rRichard McCann --tThe synthetic sublime /rCynthia Ozick --tThe force of spirit /rScott Russell Sanders --tAt a certain age /rLynne Sharon Schwartz --tThe Singer solution to world poverty /rPeter Singer --tGray area : thinking with a damaged brain /rFloyd Skloot --tListening for silence /rMark Slouka --tHeroin/e /rCheryl Strayed --tWhat's so bad about hate? /rAndrew Sullivan --tA designer universe? /rSteven Weinberg --tA shark in the mind of one contemplating wilderness /rTerry Tempest Williams --tBiographical notes --tNotable essays of 1999. 0aAmerican essaysy20th century. 4aEnsayos americanosySiglo XX.1 aLightman, Alan P.,d1948-1 aAtwan, Robert.