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The best American essays 2023

Gornick, Vivian, editor, writer of introduction.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

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814.608 BES 2023

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SD_ILS:701534

The best American essays 2024

Morris, Wesley, 1975- editor.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

814.608 BES 2024

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SD_ILS:790431

The best American essays 2022

Chee, Alexander, editor.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

814.608 BES 2022

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SD_ILS:669201

The best American essays 2019

Solnit, Rebecca, editor.

Publication Date

2019

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Books

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814.608 BES 2019

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SD_ILS:509257

American originality : essays on poetry

Glück, Louise, 1943- author.

Publication Date

2017

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Books

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814.54 GLU

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SD_ILS:406559

Muslim American writers at home : stories, essays and poems of identity, diversity and belonging

Behiery, Valerie, editor.

Publication Date

2021

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810.93528297 MUS

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SD_ILS:633028

Stupid Black girl : essays from an American African

Redux, Aisha, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

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305.48896073 RED

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SD_ILS:797789

Call them by their true names : American crises (and essays)

Solnit, Rebecca, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Books

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306.0973 SOL

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SD_ILS:475646

Notes from no man's land : American essays

Biss, Eula, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Books

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814.6 BIS

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SD_ILS:472251

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Happy to help : adventures of a people pleaser

Wilson, Amy, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Books

Call Number

817.6 WIL

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SD_ILS:724330

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Y2K : how the 2000s became everything : essays on the future that never was

Shade, Colette, author.

Publication Date

2025

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306.0973 SHA

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SD_ILS:794998

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Take my name but say it slow : essays

Dai, Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

814.6 DAI

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SD_ILS:794985

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