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Tables of Contents for The Best American Essays 1997
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
4
Robert Atwan
Introduction
xiii
Ian Frazier
HILTON ALS
Notes on My Mother from The New Yorker
1
9
JO ANN BEARD
The Fourth State of Matter from The New Yorker
10
18
ROY BLOUNT, JR
First Tell Me What Kind of Reader You Are from The Oxford American
28
5
BERNARD COOPER
Labyrinthine from The Paris Review
33
4
LOUIS DE BERNIERES
Legends of the Fall from Harper's Magazine
37
9
DEBRA DICKERSON
Who Shot Johnny? from The New Republic
46
5
RICHARD FORD
In the Face from The New Yorker
51
5
FRANK GANNON
Rat Patrol: A Saga from Harper's Magazine
56
6
DAGOBERTO GILB
Northeast Direct from The Threepenny Review
62
5
VERLYN KLINKENBORG
We Are Still Only Human from The New York Times Magazine
67
3
NATALIE KUSZ
Ring Leader from Allure
70
5
NATON LESLIE
Don't Get Comfortable from High Plains Literary Review
75
13
THOMAS MCGUANE
Twenty-Fish Days from Sports Afield
88
5
CULLEN MURPHY
Backlogs of History from The Atlantic Monthly
93
5
CYNTHIA OZICK
A Drugstore Eden from The New Yorker
98
13
LUKIE CHAPMAN REILLY
My Father from Under the Sun
111
12
LUC SANTE
Living in Tongues from The New York Times Magazine
123
9
PAUL SHEEHAN
My Habit from The New Yorker
132
7
CHARLES SIMIC
Dinner at Uncle Boris's from Creative Nonfiction
139
5
LAUREN SLATER
Black Swans from The Missouri Review
144
18
SUSAN SONTAG
A Century of Cinema from The New York Times Magazine
162
6
GAY TALESE
Ali in Havana from Esquire
168
22
LE THI DIEM THUY
The Gangster We Are All Looking For from The Massachusetts Review
190
13
JOY WILLIAMS
The Case Against Babies from Granta
203
10
Biographical Notes
213
5
Notable Essays of 1996
218