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Robert Atwan


Born
in Paterson, New Jersey, The United States
November 02, 1940

Genre
Nonfiction


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.

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“I'm not usually sold on epiphanies. I am more interested in the opposite experience: not those rare moments of startling insight or realization, but-what I suspect are more common-those sudden flashes of anxious confusion and bewilderment.”
― Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays 2011
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“the evening crowd on University Avenue appeared to be living in an earlier American era, one lacking desperation, hysteria, and Fox News.”
― Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays 2013
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“Orders make you stupid, the captain told me, figure it out for yourself.”
― Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays 2013
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