This essayists-in-depth reader is also a thematic reader. It arranges 55 essays by 10 of the most widely read and highly regarded writers in the English language today (including Joan Didion, Virginia Woolf, E. B. White, and George Orwell) under 10 classic and provocative themes.
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.